Iconic French actress Brigitte Bardot has died after a recent health scare. She was 91. "The Brigitte Bardot Foundation announces with immense sadness the death of its founder and president, Madame Brigitte Bardot, a world-renowned actress and singer, who chose to abandon her prestigious career to dedicate her life and energy to animal welfare and her foundation," Bardot's charity said in a statement to AFP on Sunday, December 28. The foundation did not specify Bardot's time or place of death. News of Bardot's death comes after she was hospitalized for unspecified health issues.