Hollywood icon Lauren Bacall dead at 89


This April 14, 2011 file photo shows a signed photograph of Lauren Bacall at Bonhams and Butterfields in Los Angeles, California, during a preview before an auction on April 20, 2011. - AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS / Files

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Legendary actress Lauren Bacall, an icon of Hollywood's golden age who lit up the silver screen in a series of classic movies opposite her husband Humphrey Bogart, died Tuesday aged 89.

"With deep sorrow, yet with great gratitude for her amazing life, we confirm the passing of Lauren Bacall," the Bogart estate confirmed in a brief statement on Twitter.

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