Obituary: Eddie Fisher

Singer Eddie Fisher, best remembered as being a close friend of Elizabeth Taylor following the death of her husband, Mike Todd, and got so close to her both were burned in one of the most notorious scandals of the 1950s, died on September 22 following complications from hip surgery.

Fisher, 82, had been married to popular entertainer Debbie Reynolds, but he had ditched her for Taylor.  There was much public outcry over this, as Fisher and Reynolds were seen as what would be later called a "supercouple."  Reynolds received much sympathy as being the "wronged" wife, while Fisher and Taylor, who later married, were vilified.

But, as that awful cliche goes, what goes around comes around.  Taylor later ditched Fisher when she embarked on a torrid affair with her Cleopatra co-star Richard Burton.  After the divorce from Taylor, Fisher went on to marry singer/actress Connie Stevens, divorced her, married two more times, and was widowed from his last wife in 2001, according to IMDB.  Fisher also battled drug addiction.

Meanwhile, Reynolds and Taylor buried the hatchet and are now on good terms with each other.