Elizabeth Taylor dismissed tabloid reports that she has Alzheimer's.

"Do I look like I'm dying? Do I look like or sound like I have Alzheimer's?" she asked in a recent interview at CNN's Larry King Live.

Elizabeth Taylor, 74 two-time Oscar winner, answered a range of questions about her film career, her work fighting AIDS and her passion for designing jewellery.

The actress said, however, that she often uses a wheelchair because of chronic back pain.

Elizabeth Taylor's interview followed a report with the headline "Liz Alzheimer's Tragedy" last week in the National Enquirer.

The tabloid notorious for its shocking revelations claims Elizabeth Taylor was suffering from dementia and was being treated for the early stages of Alzheimer's.

The report quoted an "friend" of Elizabeth Taylor.

 

Elizabeth Taylor, whom many consider to be the last icon of Hollywood's golden era, announced that she had been diagnosed with congestive heart failure, a terminal condition in which the heart pumps insufficient amounts of blood throughout the body.

Since November 2004, Elizabeth Taylor has broken her back five times, has survived a benign brain tumor operation, skin cancer, and has faced life-threatening bouts with pneumonia twice.

Elizabeth Taylor has a passion for jewelry. Over the years she has owned a number of well known pieces, two of the most talked about being the 33.19 carat Krupp Diamond and the 69.42 carat pear-shaped Taylor-Burton Diamond, which were among many dazzling gifts from husband Richard Burton.

In 2005, Elizabeth Taylor partnered with Jack and Monty Abramov of Mirabelle Luxury Concepts in Los Angeles to introduce the House of Taylor Jewelry.

Elizabeth Taylor has also launched three perfumes, "Passion," "White Diamonds," and "Black Pearls," that together earn an estimated $200,000,000 in annual sales. 

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