# Ruby Dee dead at 91

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruby-dee-dead-at-91/690648>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 12, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruby-dee-dead-at-91/690648 "2014-06-12T18:15:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruby-dee-dead-at-91/690648/1 "2014-06-12T18:15:28Z")

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[Rudy Dee dead at 91](http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/12/showbiz/obit-ruby-dee/).

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We’ve lost a LOT of actors lately…

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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruby-dee-dead-at-91/690648/2 "2014-06-12T18:20:26Z")

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Ya know, I didn’t think she’d go much longer than 5 years past Ozzie Davis, so she out-lived my prediction. RIP Ruby.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruby-dee-dead-at-91/690648/3 "2014-06-12T20:53:57Z")

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What a thoroughly class act! RIP, Ruby.