TCM plans 24-hour Elizabeth Taylor tribute

Turner Classic Movies has announced that it will pay tribute to Elizabeth Taylor with a 24-hour movie marathon next month.

The Academy Award-winning actress passed away following congestive heart failure earlier today at the age of 79.

TCM has now revealed that it will air a full day of Taylor's movies on Sunday, April 10 starting with Lassie Come Home from 6am ET/PT.

Other films that will be screened across the 24-hour period include National Velvet, Father of the Bride, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Butterfield 8, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Ivanhoe.

Viewers can also relive Taylor's performances in Conspirator, Father's Little Dividend, Raintree County and Giant.

Taylor won the Academy Award for 'Best Actress' in 1960 for Butterfield 8, and picked up a second gong for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in 1966.

A string of celebrities have already paid tribute to the Hollywood legend, while her son Michael has described her as "an extraordinary woman who lived life to the fullest, with great passion, humour and love".

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