Elaine Stritch dead at 89
- 10 years ago
Elaine Stritch died on Thursday (July 17). The husky voiced and brassy actress dominated stages from New York's Broadway to London's West End in a career of more than 60 years. Stritch, who also had Emmy-winning roles on the television shows "30 Rock" and "Law & Order," died from natural causes.
Stritch worked with some of the stage's greatest composers - from Noel Coward to Stephen Sondheim, who wrote what became her signature song, the show-stopping "The Ladies Who Lunch," from the 1970 musical "Company."
She was so closely identified with Broadway and New York that the city's landmark conservancy group declared her a living landmark in 2003. In 2013, Stritch said she no longer had the energy required to live in New York and returned to her native Michigan.
She was 89.
Stritch worked with some of the stage's greatest composers - from Noel Coward to Stephen Sondheim, who wrote what became her signature song, the show-stopping "The Ladies Who Lunch," from the 1970 musical "Company."
She was so closely identified with Broadway and New York that the city's landmark conservancy group declared her a living landmark in 2003. In 2013, Stritch said she no longer had the energy required to live in New York and returned to her native Michigan.
She was 89.