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A few months before her death in 1989, Davis was one of several actors featured on the cover of Life magazine.

In a film retrospective that celebrated the films and stars of 1939, Life concluded that Davis was the most significant actress of her era, and highlighted Dark Victory ( 1939 ) as one of the most-important films of the year.

Her death made front-page news throughout the world as the " close of yet another chapter of the Golden Age of Hollywood ".

Angela Lansbury summed up the feeling of those of the Hollywood community who attended her memorial service, commenting after a sample from Davis's films were screened, that they had witnessed " an extraordinary legacy of acting in the twentieth century by a real master of the craft ", that should provide " encouragement and illustration to future generations of aspiring actors ".