RIP Ruby Dee

Topaz Gem · ‎03-10-2010

From CNN:

Ruby Dee, the award-winning actress whose seven-decade career included triumphs on stage and screen, has died. She was 91.

Dee died peacefully at her New Rochelle, New York, home Wednesday, according to her representative, Michael Livingston.

Dee -- often with her late husband, Ossie Davis -- was a formidable force in both the performing arts community and the civil rights movement. She was friends with Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X and received the Frederick Douglass Award in 1970 from the National Urban League.

She earned an Oscar nomination for her performance in "American Gangster" (2007).

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I remember both Ruby and her wonderful husband Ossie Davis. He was a terrific actor. How time flies, I can't believe she was 91. God Bless her soul.

"Summer afternoon-summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language." ~Henry James

seattlegirl98026 · ‎12-09-2011

I heard this also, Topaz. She was quite a woman! Bless her.

Topaz Gem · ‎03-10-2010

Ruby and Ossie:

"Summer afternoon-summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language." ~Henry James

lulu2 · ‎03-09-2010

On 6/12/2014 Topaz Gem said:
Ruby and Ossie:

I loved both of them. Fabulous actors and they seemed to be wonderful human beings.

NoelSeven · ‎03-09-2010

On 6/12/2014 Topaz Gem said:
Ruby and Ossie:

I adored them both. He was especially such a great actor, and that voice!

They were a fantastic couple ${#emotions_dlg.wub}$

A Thrill Of Hope The Weary World Rejoices

scotttie · ‎03-09-2010

Wonderful actress. A favorite as well as Ossie.

SoX · ‎03-15-2010

One of my all-time favorites and a great role model. Rest in peace, Ruby.

croemer · ‎03-10-2010

On 6/12/2014 SoX said:
One of my all-time favorites and a great role model. Rest in peace, Ruby.

Agreed...sad news.

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I am still oxox · ‎03-09-2010

I had the pleasure of meeting her in person about 30 years ago she was a lovely woman

Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and start being positive what could go right.

lulu2 · ‎03-09-2010

From her daughter,

Nora Davis Day said of her mother’s death:

We have had her for so long and we loved her so much. She took her final bow last night at home surrounded by her children and grandchildren. We gave her our permission to set sail. She opened her eyes, closed her eyes and away she went.