According to the New York Times, playwright and librettist Bridgette Wimberley passed away on December 1st at the age of 68 as a result of complications from strokes. Wimberley is best known for her ...

Legendary actress, poet and playwright Ruby Dee passed away in her New Rochelle, New York home yesterday. She was 91. According to the New York Daily News, Dee was surrounded by family when she ...

Born Ruby Ann Wallace, she grew up writing poetry in Harlem and went on to become a playwright, activist, journalist and one of the most prominent... Ruby Dee: An Actress Who Marched On Washington And ...

With many of us still reeling from the loss of Dr. Maya Angelou, we learned that Ruby Dee passed on June 11 at the age of 91. Dee was a petite powerhouse: an award-winning actress, poet, playwright, ...

NEW YORK – Bridgette A. Wimberly, 68, a playwright whose first staged work, a drama about abortion, was an off-Broadway hit in 2001 with Ruby Dee in the lead role, and who later made a mark in opera, ...

Ruby Dee (October 27, 1922 - June 11, 2014) was an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and civil rights activist. She originated the role of ...