Elaine Stritch dead at 89

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.