'I'll never forget any of you': Liza Minnelli's emotional message to her famous friends and fans as she thanks them for all of their support and love on her 70th birthday The icon celebrated her milestone birthday on Saturday, March 12 Barbra Streisand, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Bennett, Joan Collins, and more took to social media to post photos of the star on her birthday Liza's publicist said she would be spending the day with her close family and friends in Los Angeles A big birthday bash was held in honor of the star at New York City cabaret bar Feinstein's/54 Below 16 March 2016 Liza Minnelli has shared an emotional message for her loyal friends and fans who wished her a happy 70th birthday. The Oscar winner, who celebrated her birthday on Saturday, March 12, recorded a special message thanking those who have supported her throughout the years after she received warm wishes from Barbra Streisand, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Bennett, Joan Collins, and more. 'Everybody thank you so much for remembering how old I am,' she says with a gregarious laugh. 'No I love you. God I thank you so much.
She hasn't lost her sparkle: Liza's official 70th birthday portrait shows off her famous smile. The legend celebrated her birthday on Saturday, March 12 +11 Living legends: Barbra Streisand, 73, welcomed Liza into her 70s by sharing this photo on Facebook 'I wouldn't be who I am without you, any of you, and on top of that I just remember all of the goodness and all of the kind wishes and the support and the friendship.
'Thank you very, very much. I'll never ever forget you.' Over the weekend, Liza received countless happy birthday messages from celebrities and fans who shared photos of themselves with the Tony winner, including one from fellow Oscar winner Barbra Streisand, who took to Facebook to share a picture of herself posed with Liza. 'Dear Liza Minnelli, You hit the BIG Time! Welcome to the club. Happy Birthday sweetheart. Love - Barbra [sic],' the 73-year-old singer captioned the snapshot. Joan Collins also shared an old black and white photo of herself with Liza and the late Elizabeth Taylor.
+11 Famous faces: Joan Collins (left) posted this photo of herself with Elizabeth Taylor (center) and Liza on Instagram to wish the Caberet star a happy birthday +11 Look of love: Tony Bennett shared this sweet snapshot of himself embracing Liza when he sent her well wishes
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Wonderful achievement: The Academy posted this photo of Liza holding her Oscar for Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in Cabaret in 1973 to celebrate her birthday 'Wishing you a #happybirthday today,@officiallizaminnelli - we've been friends since you were 16 appearing in "Flora" on#broadway! #lizaminelli [sic],' she wrote. Tony Bennett took to Facebook to post a picture of himself embracing the star, writing: 'Happy Birthday Liza!' In 1975, Liza replaced Gwen Verdon in the Broadway musical Chicago after she was diagnosed with nodes on her throat that required surgery, starring opposite Chita Rivera. Almost a decade later, Chita starred in the musical The Rink alongside Liza and won her first Tony award. On Saturday morning, Chita took to Facebook to share a photo of them from a scene of the musical to send her well wishes. 'Happy Happy Birthday to my sweet Liza. It is time to celebrate, as we celebrate you. Love you, Chita,' she wrote.
+11 Special memories: Tony winner Chita Rivera shared this photo of her with Liza (left) in a scene from the 1984 musical The Rink to celebrate the 70-year-old star Spreading the message: Funny or Die comedian Billy Eichner urged everyone at Texas-based festival SXSW to celebrate the icon's milestone birthday
+11 Broadway star: 'Happy 70th birthday to one of #Broadway's leading ladies,' The Tony Awards wrote when sharing this photo on Instagram. Liza has won four Tony Awards over the course of her career Get it right: Sandra Bernhard reminded her Facebook followers that Liza spells her name with a 'Z' not an 'S' when she shared this throwback photo of the star Sandra Bernhard also wished Liza a happy birthday on Facebook, writing: 'Liza Liza May! Have one hell of a birthday kid! Love you madly that's Liza with a Z not Lisa with an S [sic].' Meanwhile, The Academy shared a picture of Liza's Oscar win in 1973 to celebrate her birth on its Instagram page, and the Tony Awards posted a picture of one of her wins on its Facebook page. 'I like to think of celebrating my birthday as celebrating my Minnellium.' Liza said of her special day, and Whoopi Goldberg revealed in a video that she
filmed for her and shared on Facebook that she still thinks of her as a woman in her 20s. 'I hear it is your birthday. You are turning 70,' Whoopie says, mouthing the stars age. 'I am not telling anybody because you'll never be [70] to me You are always going to be 21. 'I love you so much, and I am sad I haven't seen you in ages, but I am sending you a happy birthday with love.' +11 Sweet gesture: Whoopi Goldberg filmed a video of herself wishing the icon a happy birthday
+11 Imitation game: At the 'Seth Sikes Sings Liza Minnelli' event in Liza's honor on Saturday, singer Seth Sikes (left) performed some of Minnelli's biggest hits at the cabaret bar Feinstein's/54 Belowsaw Birthday girl: Liza, who turned 70 on Saturday, celebrated in Los Angeles with her close family and friends
Showstopper: Liza has several honors to her name including an Academy Award, two Golden Globes, one Emmy, four Tony Awards and a Grammy Legend Award These were just a few of the many messages Liza received over the weekend, and according to her publicist planned on celebrating her birthday in Los Angeles with close friends and family.
A party was held in her honor at cabaret bar Feinstein's/54 Below, which is owned by her close friend Michael Feinstein. The glitzy event - 'Seth Sikes Sings Liza Minnelli' - saw singer Seth Sikes perform some of Minnelli's biggest hits. Liza, who has battled drug use and alcoholism in the past and completed a stint in rehab last year, is now sober and traded her home in New York City for life on the West Coast. As she celebrates her 70th year, Liza has several honors to her name including an Academy Award, two Golden Globes, one Emmy, four Tony Awards and a Grammy Legend Award. In 2000, Minnelli was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.