Elizabeth Tilberis, (b 1947 – d 1999) born
Elizabeth Jane Kelly, known professionally throughout her career as
Liz Tilberis, was a British fashion magazine editor of
Manx and
English ancestry.
She was the editor of the British version of
Vogue magazine before she
emigrated to
New York in 1992, and took over the helm of fashion institution
Harper's Bazaar. A year later, Mrs. Tilberis was diagnosed with
ovarian cancer - a disease she publicly blamed on her use of
fertility drugs in the 1970s - and spent the next seven years at Bazaar balancing chemotherapy and revitalizing the 125-year-old magazine (). She served as President of the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund from 1997 until her death in 1999.
She escorted
Diana, Princess of Wales on one of her last visits to
New York, even though Tilberis herself was undergoing
chemotherapy treatments for her cancer.
She died in 1999 in
New York City, and was survived by her husband, Andrew Tilberis, and their two sons.
Category:1947 birthsCategory:1999 deathsCategory:British magazine editorsCategory:American magazine editorsCategory:British VogueCategory:Manx AmericansCategory:English immigrants to the United StatesCategory:Deaths from ovarian cancerCategory:Cancer deaths in New York
