Legendary actress and activist Ruby Dee will get a final send-off later this month as a host of celebrities come together for a memorial in New York City.
The Terri Williams Agency announced the celebration will take place at Riverside Church on Sept. 20. Former Mayor David Dinkins and Sonia Sanchez will deliver reflections, while Harry Belafonte will provide the eulogy.
Dee’s poetry and prose will be read by Angela Bassett, Tyne Daly, Kim Fields, S. Epatha Merkerson, Phylicia Rashad, Pauletta Washington and Lynn Whitfield. Additionally, musical tributes will be performed by Alicia Keys, Audra McDonald, Wynton Marsalis and Peter Yarrow.
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Dee died died June 11 at the age of 91. She is credited for a number of film and television roles that include The Jackie Robinson Story, A Raisin in the Sun, Do The Right Thing, American Gangster and more.
Over the course of her career, she scored an Emmy, Grammy, two Screen Actors Guild awards, the Kennedy Honors and the National Medal of Art, among others.