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Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee attend the opening of the play “I Have a Dream” in New York City on September 20, 1976. (Photo by Lynn Karlin/WWD/Penske Media via Getty Images) 05 ...
NEW YORK Ossie Davis, the imposing, unshakable actor who championed racial justice on stage, on screen and in real life, often in tandem with his wife, Ruby Dee, has died. He was 87. Davis was found ...
NEW YORK -- Ossie Davis, whose rich baritone and elegant, unshakable bearing made him a giant of the stage, screen and the civil rights movement -- often in tandem with his wife, Ruby Dee -- has died.