 The couple divorced in 1959 when it was revealed shortly after the death of Elizabeth Taylor's husband Mike Todd that Fisher had been having an affair with her; Taylor and Reynolds were good friends at the time.The Eddie FisherElizabeth Taylor affair was a great public scandal which led to the cancellation of Eddie Fisher's television show.In 2011, Reynolds was on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" just weeks before Elizabeth Taylor's death.