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Actress Ruby Dee Dead At 91

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Ruby Dee, who died Wednesday, June 11, 2014, earned an Emmy, a Grammy, two Screen Actors Guild awards, and an Oscar nomination at age 83 for best supporting actress in the 2007 film “American Gangster.” With her husband Ossie Davis, she was a stalwart of the civil rights movement.

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