Dame Elizabeth Taylor basically cheated death when she was forced not to board her third husband, producer Mike Todd’s private plane named Lucky Liz in a deadly trip from Burbank, California to New York exactly 53 years and one day ago.

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Liz was feeling sick so Todd convinced her to stay in Burbank and rest on March 22, 1958. The 26 year-old Liz would have passed away when the plane crashed near the Grants, New Mexico. Her husband Todd and all three other passengers died.

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Ironically, the actress died at 1:30 am on Wednesday (March 23, 2011) at the age of 79, just hours after the 53rd anniversary of the crash. Fortunately, Elizabeth was allowed to live what her glorious years as a movie goddess and create the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation.

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R.I.P. Liz Taylor (1932 – 2011).