ELIZABETH TAYLOR AND THE CROTON CONNECTION

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ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF ELIZABETH TAYLOR'S DEATH IN 2011 (see today's earlier post at http://bit.ly/2mxupKi), we also remember the Croton Connection to Taylor...and that was our own Susan Konig...Taylor won the Academy Award for Butterfield 8 and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf; she was nominated for Raintree County and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof:

PATCH - Remembering Elizabeth Taylor...On the eve of a blind date, Elizabeth Taylor partied at a chateau – and revealed her anxieties.

By Susan Konig  - March 23, 2011-The publisher and millionaire Malcolm Forbes used to throw some pretty good parties, and there was one shindig in particular that became an annual celebration: hot air ballooning at his chateau in Normandy. One year I was lucky enough to get an invite. READ MORE HERE http://patch.com/new-york/rye/remembering-elizabeth-taylor 

FOR MORE ABOUT AUTHOR SUSAN KONIG, HER BOOKS AND OTHER BEST SELLING AUTHORS FEATURED AT HER PUBLISHING HOUSE WILLOWSTREET PRESS, VISIT http://www.willowstreetpress.com/ 

FOR MORE FASCINATING "CROTON CONNECTIONS", VISIT THESE LINKS:

--ACTOR HOWARD DA SILVA http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2015/07/actor-howard-da-silva-croton-connection.html 
--ACTRESS KATHERINE HEPBURN AND CROTON PLAYHOUSE http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2014/08/more-on-katherine-hepburn-in-croton.html 
--MATINEE IDOL FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN AND CLIFFORD HARMON http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2016/03/actor-matinee-idol-francis-x-bushman.html
--MAX EASTMAN AND CHARLIE CHAPLIN, THE CROTON CONNECTION http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2015/08/max-eastman-charlie-chaplin-croton.html
 --MEXICAN ARTIST DIEGO RIVERA, THE CROTON CONNECTION  http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2015/03/mexican-mural-painter-diego-rivera.html
 --HALLOWEEN WITH HOUDINI IN HARMON http://crotonhistory.org/2013/10/31/halloween-with-houdini-in-harmon/
 --LENORE ULRIC, THE CROTON CONNECTION http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2014/08/actress-lenore-ulric-croton-connection.html
 --FAY BAINTER, THE CROTON CONNECTION  http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2015/06/more-actress-fay-bainter-croton.html
 --PETER STRAUSS, THE CROTON CONNECTION, CROTON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2014/02/peter-strauss-formerly-of-crotons.html
 --GLORIA SWANSON, PHOTOS FROM HER CROTON HOME http://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2016/02/1924-photos-from-gloria-swansons-croton.html