LIZA MINNELLI - MINNELLI CONVINCED GARLAND DID NOT COMMIT SUICIDE

LIZA MINNELLI laughs off constant rumours that her famous mother JUDY GARLAND committed suicide - because there's no way the drama queen would have killed herself without getting dressed up.

The CABARET star admits even she had her doubts when she first heard about her mother's death almost 40 years ago, but she's convinced the WIZARD OF OZ icon died of natural causes.

She says, "I immediately said, 'How?' They said her heart gave out.

"I knew she hadn't killed herself. I knew mama, she wouldn't go unless she was dressed in all that stuff."