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Broadway Actress Elaine Stritch Dies

Acerbic star was 89.

Elaine Stritch, the acerbic star of Broadway shows like Elaine Stritch at Liberty, passed away Thursday at the age of 89. Stritch was also well known for playing Jack’s mother on 30 Rock, a role that nabbed her five Emmy nominations (she won in 2007). Born in Detroit, Stritch was also known for working with Stephen Sondheim for decades. In the one-woman show At Liberty, she spoke about her struggles with alcohol and her love life. She was famously known for living at the Carlyle Hotel in Manhattan for years. The New York Times described her as, “Plainspoken, egalitarian, impatient with fools and foolishness, and admittedly fond of cigarettes, alcohol, and late nights.”