Lauren Bacall Dead at 89

[Hissyspit]

Source: TMZ

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LAUREN BACALL
DEAD AT 89

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Lauren Bacall -- one of the leading ladies of the Golden Age of Hollywood -- is dead ... TMZ has learned.

A family member tells us Bacall had a massive stroke Tuesday morning at her home.

Bacall -- who famously starred with and married Humphrey Bogart -- starred in a slew of movies, including "The Mirror Has Two Faces," "How to Marry a Millionaire" and "Designing Woman."

One of Bacall's biggest movies was with Bogart -- "Key Largo" in 1948.

She married Bogart in 1945 and they were together until his death in 1957.

Read more: http://www.tmz.com/#Article/2014/08/12/lauren-bacall-dead-dies

[Tom_Foolery]

1. RIP...

[cantbeserious]

2. Rest Easy Ms. Bacall

eom

[hlthe2b]

3. Oh, wow....

Of course she had lived a very long life, but on top of Robin Williams' tragic death... this just seems all the more poignant.

Heaven knows, a massive stroke sufficient to cause death is a kinder way to go out, I must say... RIP, Ms. Bacall.

[Hekate]

4. Lauren Bacall had a long and full life. RIP

[Duval]

5. I liked her.

Thanks for letting us know.

[TuxedoKat]

6. Oh how sad

I was just rearranging some books upstairs in my library and saw her autobiography. I saw her once in a museum in DC at the Alexander the Great exhibit years ago. RIP Ms. Bacall.

[Ineeda]

7. She seemed classy and very real,

quite funny and a talented actor. Another sad loss. RIP

[sufrommich]

8. She has always been one of my favorites. She had a good,

long run.

[bigdarryl]

9. They always say they die in three's

[FarPoint]

12. You just had to remind me...

[calimary]

18. Crap. I went there too.

My first thought - "uh-oh... who's next?"

[bigdarryl]

19. Hopefully no one

[ballyhoo]

32. There has been 3: Jame Garner, Robin Williams, Lauren Bacall--all

great actors and good people.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

35. James Garner was weeks ago - what's the time limit for the "3" superstition?

and what level of fame does one have to have in order to 'count." There were several lesser known actors to die in the preceding weeks

[ballyhoo]

39. Less than a month and the actor has to be known

in active memory. Someone like Pinky Lee wouldn't count.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

55. Mine was close to yours:

"Uh-oh, who will complete the trifecta?" Grim Reaper is on the loose this week, it would seem.

First thoughts were about how I liked her way back when I was a little kid and that she had a long life. Condolences to her family and those who loved her.

[big_dog]

29. Mary Tyler Moore is next according to the tabloids, she's been in a virtual coma for months

i hate it when the really great ones go and we've had a lot lately

[shanti]

57. I thought it was

Bad news comes in threes...that was my first thought too.

[shenmue]

10. Not cool!

What is this? What is with the dying and shit? Can we slow down with the Heaven bus a little? Somebody stick a pin in the tire back there, or we're all gonna go before the week is out.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

11. First person to ask "Who's the third?" should be punched in the face

.

[bigwillq]

17. I think we have a winner

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014869235#post9

[shanti]

58. Isn't that a little harsh?

Geez

[whistler162]

13. A little Key Largo....

Dang

Ruby Dee
Elaine Stritch
James Garner
Robin Williams
Lauren Bacall
Eli Wallach

not a good year

[brewens]

14. In her early movies, I still think she was the most beautiful woman ever! It didn't hurt that I was

attracted to women that smoked when I was a smoker. Too bad now, that part. A lot of girls probably started smoking because of those scenes but you can't blame her. Whatever actesses turned down those roles or were next in line would have done the same thing.

I liked her in the John Wayne movie "The Shootist". She was the lady that put him up in her boarding house. She was still looking great at whatever age she was then.

[mimi85]

31. My husband had a thing

for her too. He's always liked that 40s sort of look. My mom was super pretty, if I do say so - I'll have to post a pic sometime, she had that look when I was young. I think that's half the reason my (now) husband asked me out. She went to Hollywood High which impresses my granddaughter to no end. She was offered a movie contract, but my dad said no way. Thank goodness that sexist attitude, while not gone by any means, is better. I carry her student body card in my wallet.

Lauren was not only so sexy and gorgeous; she was an amazing actress. I know this doesn't count to anyone but our family and friends, but my sweetheart of a SIL died from pancreatic cancer two days ago. What a shitty week!!!

[catbyte]

65. I'm so sorry, mimi. That is a vicious disease.

Please accept my condolences.

[mimi85]

80. Thank you so much for the hug and the kind words

and for taking the time to read my rather OT post.

[bigwillq]

15. RIP (nt)

[calimary]

16. Aw, dammit. Now this, too. dammit.

Aw crap. She was quite the dame.

R.I.P.

She'll probably run into Robin Williams Upstairs as she gets settled.

[shenmue]

54. The parties in Heaven must be amazing!

[tishaLA]

20. An unapologetically liberal legend

And an elegant, gorgeous one, too.

[catbyte]

63. +1000. She & Bogie both told the HUAC & Joe McCarthy essentially to go f themselves.

Guts, beauty, AND brains. Thank you, Ms. Bacall.

[eShirl]

21. .

[whopis01]

68. That pic is fantastic

I love the contrast of Lauren Bacall's deep, mesmerizing stare with that of the two cats who seem to be thinking "WTF is going on and when will this end?"

[Historic NY]

22. I remember hitting all the places they filmed in Key Largo...

few turned out to be dives...

[Auggie]

23. To Have and To Have Not ... no one was ever sexier in a film

She stole the show in that. Her film debut, no less.

[Blue Idaho]

24. Rest in Peace Betty.

You were one of a kind.

[BumRushDaShow]

25. Oh no!

I was just thinking about her last week too.



R.I.P.

I remember the last thing I saw her in and it was on a Soprano's episode. What an amazing actress!

[Stellar]

26. Peace!

[easychoice]

27. My favorite movie of hers

Can't sing though,lol.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

45. My favorite movie of hers

in fact The Big Sleep is my favorite movie, period. I adored her. I simply adored her.

[catbyte]

64. Can you believe she was 19?!?

[easychoice]

67. 19,what poise.She was a natural

You chose well aint no life...My#2 bestest
There were just too many rough edges in "to have and have not"...It snagged me...

[femmocrat]

28. Sorry to hear this.

She was always stunning and such a great actress.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

30. Great quote from her

From a Larry King interview:

KING: Wait a minute. Are you a liberal?

BACALL: I'm a liberal. The L word!

KING: Egads!

BACALL: I love it. Being a liberal is the best thing on earth you can be. You are welcoming to everyone when you're a liberal. You do not have a small mind. Little picayune things. You want to welcome everyone. Liberal, little picayune thing.

KING: You're open to...

BACALL: You want to welcome everyone. Liberal, I'm a Roosevelt. I'm a -- and I hear anyone say anything about FDR...

KING: You're a new dealer, fair dealer.

BACALL: I'm a total -- and I was a kid and I'm total, total, total liberal and proud of it. And I think it's outrageous to say the l word. I mean, excuse me. They should be damn lucky that they were liberals here. Liberals gave more to the population of the United States than any other group.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0505/06/lkl.01.html

[MADem]

33. Oh no. I always thought she was grand! nt

[TheCowsCameHome]

34. So sad to lose another great one.

RIP, dear.

[riverwalker]

36. You DO know how to whistle, don't you?

You just put your lips together....and blow.

[PosterChild]

43. +100 !!! That's the way I Remember her!

[nytemare]

37. Interesting little tidbit

When Bogie was bothered by the 25 year age difference between him and Bacall, Peter Lorre encouraged him. “What’s the difference? It’s better to have five good years than none at all.”

[kairos12]

38. She was fantastic. A true star.

[kestrel91316]

40. So shocked and sad.

[StevieM]

41. I was just recently thinking how cool it would be if she were to host Saturday Night Live.

I'm so sorry to hear that she is gone. She is a true legend.

[tabasco]

42. A real movie star

She defined "class."

[sendero]

44. Rest is peace...

..... I remember seeing The Maltese Falcon (I'm pretty sure, a while back) and thinking "that is the sexiest woman I have ever seen".

That she was a "liberal" is just icing.

[longship]

49. Oopsie. She was not in the Maltese Falcon. That was Mary Astor.

Bacall and Bogart first did Key Largo and To Have and Have Not. They were life long lovers after that. Bacall was quite young. I imagine Bogie became much younger, too.

Love is like that. Yup! It is.

One can see it here (a reprise from up-thread):

[sendero]

50. Thanks..

.... I really wasn't sure which film it was so it could have Bacall or Astor. Now I'm going to have to go back and find out

[sendero]

82. Actually..

... it was The Big Sleep that I was referring to. You could see the sparks sizzle off of Bacall in that one.

[longship]

46. This thread is useless without this.

And Bogie and Bacall were head over heals in love, which gives extra sparkle to this scene.

From To Have and Have Not. The iconic scene...

[noiretextatique]

47. goodnight, Lauren

[TheNutcracker]

48. I was named after her

[whistler162]

74. Hopefully they used her first name

and you aren't Bacall _______.

[Beartracks]

78. Bacall McCall!

Has a ring to it.

====================

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

51. still acting until the end

Had some good support parts in a few of Lars Von Trier's film in the mid 2000s and had top billing in 2012's "The Forger."

[shenmue]

52. From the L.A. Times

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-lauren-bacall-dies-20140812-story.html

[Overseas]

53. She was so cool. RIP.

[niyad]

56. so very sad to hear this--she was truly a most remarkable woman.

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/lauren-bacall-star-of-hollywoods-golden-age-dies-at-89-1201281523/

[mc51tc]

59. RIP Lauren Bacall

One of the best of the BIG Stars of Hollywood. She had real "class".

[47of74]

60. :(

[catbyte]

61. Oh, wow. What a bad day. She was a total class act.

My favorite line of hers: "If you need anything, just whistle. You do know how to whistle...just put your lips together and blow."

And she was 19. Damn.

[navarth]

62. No higher class than Lauren Bacall.

She was in a class all her own. A great lady. A great liberal.

She and Bogey protested the McCarthy trials. Not much of Hollywood was classy enough to do that.

Decades ago I was in NYC and checking the jazz selection at Tower Records. Suddenly I realized the lady browsing next to me was Ms. Bacall. I was so tempted to say hello to her, but I was a bit shy and I also thought she was entitled to her privacy.

She dug jazz too.....class all the way.

Cross gently, Ms. Bacall.

[mountain grammy]

66. She was a beauty, I saw her at Zabar's in NYC once..No makeup, stunning!

Rest in peace.

[liberal N proud]

69. Garner, Williams, Bacall

They fall by 3.

RIP to the great ones. We will miss your talents.

[whistler162]

75. The last two months it has been 6+

acting/stage/directing icons.

[SoapBox]

70. RIP Ms. Bacall

Thank you for all the memories.

[Uncle Joe]

71. Rest in peace, Lauren.

Thanks for the thread, Hissyspit.

[C Moon]

72. Rest in peace Lauren. When in my 20's, I worked at Forest Lawn Glendale as a Florist's Helper...

A big part of the job was making flower placements throughout the memorial park (see how they brainwashed me not to say cemetery). I placed flowers on Bogie's niche every single holiday. I believe it was 1 red rose. I wonder if Lauren will be laid to rest next to Bogie.
Ah, I love those b&w movies.
Again, rest in peace Lauren.

[SkatmanRoth]

73. RIP Lauren, you were a fine actress

[intaglio]

76. A sad loss n/t

[rtracey]

77. She was my favorite

She had the look...what a sultry, gorgeous lady she was......I guess I would use the word smokin'.......Key Largo was a great movie....

[cyberswede]

79. I agree with everything you wrote.

She has to be my all-time favorite actress. A true legend.

[underpants]

81. I have an aunt who completely reminds me of her

Both in speech, mannerisms, and general demeanor