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Screen Legend Lauren Bacall Dead at 89

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Lauren Bacall, the sultry presence who first hit movie screens in 1944 and then went on to play a series of sophisticated, tough-as-nails roles for the next six decades -- even in real life -- has died, the Humphrey Bogart Estate announced on its Facebook page. She was 89 and a longtime resident of Manhattan's Upper West Side. "With deep sorrow for the magnitude of our loss, yet with great gratitude for her amazing life, we confirm the passing of Lauren Bacall," said the Facebook message posted Tuesday night.

Launched by a Harper's Bazaar cover when she was a 19-year-old model, the former Betty Joan Perske, born to Jewish immigrants in New York City, was signed by Warner Bros. in 1943.

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