Inside Elizabeth Taylor's Health Struggles

The label of "dangerous profession" is often reserved for the most rigorous, active jobs. Firefighter, construction workers, and even pilots are considered to have the most dangerous professions. However, if there's anything actress Elizabeth Taylor's health journey teaches us, it's that acting can be dangerous too.

On top of injuring her back on the set of National Velvet, Taylor had to undergo eye surgery in 1953 thanks to a splinter in her eye while filming Elephant Walk, according to Everyday Health.

Just under a decade later, Taylor suffered from a terrible case of pneumonia — she was reportedly told she had one hour to live. According to a 1961 Desert Sun story, Taylor's husband at the time, Eddie Fisher, called her recovery from tracheotomy surgery a "miracle." At the time, Taylor reportedly couldn't even speak. "When she wants to say something she scribbles it down on a pad which lies beside her bed," a source told the Desert Sun. Later, in a 2006 interview with Larry King (via Everyday Health), the actress claimed she was "pronounced dead four times, so they could give me anything just to see if they could make me breathe."

Unfortunately for Taylor, this wouldn't be her last battle with pneumonia.

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