Ruby Dee, Actress Who Fought Racial Barriers, Dies at 91
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Ruby Dee, an actress and civil-rights activist whose work on stage and off culminated in her 2008 Academy Award nomination for best supporting actress in “American Gangster,” has died. She was 91.
She died yesterday at her home in New Rochelle, New York, according to her daughter, Hasna Muhammad.