Do the Right Thing
1989
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Feb 13, 2005 · Feb. 13, 2005. The actor Ossie Davis was remembered yesterday with rousing eulogies by Harry Belafonte and Bill Clinton and a musical tribute by Wynton Marsalis in a service that lasted almost...
Davis's funeral was held in New York City on February 12, 2005. The line to enter The Riverside Church, located on the edge of Harlem, stretched for several blocks, with a thousand or more members of the public unable to attend as the church filled to its 2,100 capacity. [19]
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. He was...
Feb 13, 2005 · It was the final curtain call for actor, playwright and civil rights activist Ossie Davis as a playbill of celebrities and loved ones paid him tribute at Manhattan’s Riverside Church yesterday...
Feb 5, 2005 · Ossie Davis, the imposing, deep-voiced actor who with his wife and acting partner, Ruby Dee, helped widen horizons for blacks on stage and screen while fighting zealously for civil rights from...
Feb 4, 2005 · Davis died Feb. 4 in a hotel room in Miami Beach, Florida, where the 87-year-old actor was working on a film.
Feb 4, 2005 · Legendary actor and civil rights advocate Ossie Davis died in a Miami hotel at the age of 87. A look back at the man who was a central figure among black performers for many decades.
