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Here’s to one hell of a lady – Elaine Stritch passes away, age 89

Broadway royalty Elaine Stritch has passed away aged 89, reports the New York Times.

The actress, who spent seven decades on the stage, made her last Broadway appearance in Sondheim’s A Little Night Music in 2010 and will be remembered as the sharp tongued, brassy broad who held audiences in the palm of her hand.

Read the New York Times article here.

Today, we raise a glass to the ladies who lunch – to Ms Elaine Stritch! Everybody RISE!

Erin James

Erin James is AussieTheatre.com's former Editor in Chief and a performer on both stage and screen. Credits include My Fair Lady, South Pacific and The King and I (Opera Australia), Love Never Dies and Cats (Really Useful Group), Blood Brothers (Enda Markey Presents), A Place To Call Home (Foxtel/Channel 7) and the feature film The Little Death (written and directed by Josh Lawson).

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