` ` I am stunned and heartbroken , '' tweets singer Lou Diamond Phillips . Elizabeth Taylor died Tuesday of natural causes after a brief illness , her manager says . She is known for appearing as Sofia Vergara 's mother in the ABC television She was 55 . ` ` Modern Family '' Peña is survived by her mother , a sister , her husband and two children .
` ` I am stunned and heartbroken , '' tweets singer Lou Diamond Phillips . Elizabeth Taylor died Tuesday of natural causes after a brief illness , her manager says . She is known for appearing as Sofia Vergara 's mother in the ABC television ` ` Modern Family '' Peña is survived by her mother , a sister , her husband and two children .