It's been a big year for avocados. So it's no surprise that the avocado emoji on Unicode 9 is basically groundbreaking news. Sure, there are important things going on in the world today, but nothing as fulfilling and long-awaited as the introduction of the avocado emoji. I mean, what have we even been doing all of this time without it?
Bette Davis died from cancer at the age of 81 on October 6, 1989 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Nanterre, France. Prior to her death, she experienced many health problems in succession. In 1983, she was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a mastectomy.
Davis' name became well-known to a younger audience when Kim Carnes ' song  Bette Davis Eyes  (written by Jackie DeShannon) became a worldwide hit and the best-selling record of 1981 in the U.S., where it stayed at number one on the music charts for more than two months.