Actress Lauren Bacall dies at 89
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Actress Lauren Bacall died Tuesday at her home from a suspected stroke, Variety reports. She was 89.

A star during the golden age of Hollywood, Bacall also appeared in The Big Sleep, The Mirror Has Two Faces, How to Marry a Millionaire, and Designing Woman. Making the move to Broadway, she won Tony Awards for 1970's Applause and 1981's Woman of the Year. In 2010, she received a Life Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.

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Bacall is survived by her two children with Bogart, Stephen and Leslie, and her son with former husband Jason Robards Jr., actor Sam Robards.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.