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    American actor, director, poet, playwright, writer, and social activist

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  1. 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 four hours and was...

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    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]

  3. 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...

  4. Feb 4, 2005 · The stars of Hollywood joined the people of Harlem to bid farewell Saturday to actor and activist Ossie Davis, filling a Manhattan church with laughter and tears as a parade of admirers...

  5. Feb 4, 2005 · He, along with Ahmed Osman, delivered the eulogy at the funeral of Malcolm X and also delivered a stirring tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, at a memorial in New York's Central Park the day after King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968.

  6. 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...

  7. Browse 57 ossie davis funeral photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images. Ossie Davis' widow, Ruby Dee , and son, Guy Davis, look on during funeral services for Davis at Riverside Church in Harlem.

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