../images/Emo4.gif Katharine Hepburn dies at 96
Oscar-winner Katharine Hepburn dies at 96 Katharine Hepburn, winner of a record four Academy Awards, died Sunday at her home. She was 96. Hepburn died Sunday at 2:50 p.m., said Cynthia McFadden, a friend of Hepburn and executor of her estate. Hepburn, who had been in declining health in recent years, died of old age and was surrounded by family, McFadden said. During her 60-year career, she earned 12 Oscar nominations, which stood as a record until Meryl Streep surpassed her nomination total in 2003. She won the Academy Award for "Morning Glory," 1933; "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," 1967; "A Lion in Winter," 1968; and "On Golden Pond," 1981. Source