#ETAFAmbassadors honor AIDS activists! Ms. Taylor’s grandchildren Rhys Tivey, Quinn Tivey, and Eliza Carson were on hand…
Posted by The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation on Saturday, December 13, 2014
Elizabeth Carson is the daughter of Taylor’s adopted daughter, Maria Burton. She has warm memories of the glamorous Hollywood icon and her namesake.
”For my junior and senior prom, she did my hair and makeup,” she told Town & Country. “Once, while we were discussing makeup, I told her we should go to Sephora, which turned out to be a terrible idea. We had fun for the first 15 minutes, but then she was recognized, and we quickly had to be escorted out.”
Five of Elizabeth Taylor’s grandchildren recently visited the Whitman-Walker Clinic in Washington D.C. The clinic…
Posted by The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation on Thursday, April 23, 2015
Today, Carson works as a social worker in New York and she’s also an ambassador for the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation.“I work for the Department of Child Protection in New York City, and, I have to say, whenever I hear of a baby born from an HIV+ mother test negative because of advancements in medication and prevention, I am literally brought to tears. I often say a silent thanks to my grandmother because if not for her and other advocates with her shared passion, this may not have been the case today.”
Richard McKeown is the son of Maria Burton and the youngest of Taylor’s grandchildren and final grandson.
Not much is known about him, but it looks like he had a pretty shaky moment in his childhood when his mother filed a restraining order against Richard’s father.
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