Results: Elizabeth Taylor ran an underground AIDS safe house so patients could access life-saving medication
Published on 12/10/2015
Dame Elizabeth Taylor ran an underground safe house for AIDS patients at her home in Bel-Air that resembled the film Dallas Buyers Club.
The actress set up the operation - which was illegal and could have led to her arrest - because she was appalled that patients could not get treatment.
She ignored death threats and pleas by her advisers to drop it and even pawned some of her famous jewelry collection to pay for the cost of care.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-334308
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