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                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, April 25, 1990                   TAG: 9004250408
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-3   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: SANTA MONICA, CALIF.                                LENGTH: Short

ELIZABETH TAYLOR FEELS BIT BETTER, DOCTORS SAY

Pneumonia-stricken Elizabeth Taylor's spirits were good despite an uncomfortable ventilator that helped her breathe after surgery to determine the cause of her illness, her doctor said Tuesday.

Dr. Michael Roth, a longtime friend and Taylor's physician for 10 years, said the 58-year-old actress was "certainly stable for the moment with the very slightest bit of improvement."

"It started with viral pneumonia," Roth said in a telephone interview after seeing Taylor in the intensive care unit at St. Johns Hospital and Health Center. In addition to the ventilator, intravenous lines were connected.

The Academy Award-winning actress has deteriorated markedly since what was initially described as a sinus infection. - Associated Press 


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