What actress choked on a chicken bone in Big Stone Gap VA?

From the Archives: In 1978, Elizabeth Taylor choked on a chicken bone in a Big Stone Virginia restaurant. Akota Farm in VA was home to Elizabeth Taylor and John Warner in the 1970s. Akota Farm in Virginia was home to Elizabeth Taylor and John Warner in the 1970s. "Elizabeth was happy at the farm riding horses through the acreage and enjoying the pastoral surroundings," the site writes. Sometimes she comes into town to visit her old place in Akota Farm in the VA. Big Stone Gap was famous because it was where Elizabeth Taylor nearly choked to death on a chicken bone. She nearly choked on her dinner: “That's what Big Stone Gap Virginia is famous for? A town that's been around for hundreds of years?” Nods around the table, including my embarrassed young friend.