Davis was found dead in 04 February 2005 his hotel room in Miami, police said. He was 87. Davis’s 65-year career included credits as an actor, producer, director and writer for both stage and ...

Ossie Davis helped break the color barrier on Broadway, ... became a picture of cool among a younger generation of African-American artists, including filmmaker Spike Lee, ...

Leslie Odom Jr. and Kara Young, who play the roles that Davis and Dee originated in the current revival of Ossie Davis’ critically acclaimed play, read love letters from the couple’s archive ...

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Ossie Davis, 87, the actor, writer and social activist who died Friday, had the kind of rich, soulful, sonorous delivery that seemed to arise as much from his conscience as his vocal cords.

Davis, who lived in New Rochelle, N.Y., with his wife of 56 years, actress Ruby Dee, was best known in recent years for his roles in Lee’s raucous films about black urban life.

Ossie Davis recently passed away at the age of 87. Today’s page pays tribute to his remarkable life as an actor and passionate civil-rights activist. Ossie Davis was a gifted actor, writer an… ...