Ruby Dee, the award-winning actress, screenwriter, journalist, and Civil Rights activist, has passed at age 91. She died peacefully at her New York, home on Wednesday.
Dee, Often with her late husband, Ossie Davis (d. 2005) was Black Royalty being a force in both performing Arts and the Civil Rights Movement. She was a dear friend with both Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X along with being a member of the Congress of Racial Equality, NAACP, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
The seven-decade Iconic Ruby career most notable roles include Spike Lee classics Do The Right Thing and Jungle Fever. Amongst plenty of Emmy and Grammy awards, Dee earned an Oscar nomination for her performance in critically acclaimed filmed American Gangster starring Denzel Washington. During the 1960s, the pioneer actress also starred in the classic film version of A Raisin in the Sun.
The Cleveland, Ohio Icon career started in New York in the 1940’s, but her role in the 1950 film “The Jackie Robinson Story” brought her national attention.
In 2009 she received an Honorary Degree from Princeton University.
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