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Tuesday, June 17, 2014
John Malveaux: Bloomberg.com on Ruby Dee: 'She spent her childhood playing the piano and violin'
Bloomberg News: Photographer: John D. Kisch/Separate Cinema Archive/Getty Images
A publicity still of stage and film actress Ruby Dee in 'The Jackie Robinson Story' taken in 1950.
John Malveaux
of
www.MusicUNTOLD.com
writes:
Please see
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-12/ruby-dee-actress-who-fought-broke-racial-barriers-dies-at-91.html
John Malveaux
Ruby Dee, Actress Who Fought Racial Barriers, Dies at 91
By Anne Ferrer
Jun 12, 2014
"She spent her childhood playing the piano and violin, reading literature and writing poetry with her sister, Angelina."
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