This, as much as her longing for concealment, fed her empathy with Hollywood's misfits, to whom she offered simple, common kindness: Montgomery Clift, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Michael Jackson, the homosexuals-in-hiding and would-be children whose secrets she heard and kept.

ECONOMIST: Dame Elizabeth Taylor, actress, died on March 23rd, aged 79

They still had enough wit about them to break through four times, tries from centre Michael Shenton, Owen, stand-off Steve Snitch and hooker Ryan Hudson making the final scoreline respectable.

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