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Article: Ossie Davis was a pioneer in show business, activism.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- February 4, 2005
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Byline: Julia Keller
He was a voice for justice _ and what a voice it was.
Ossie Davis, 87, the actor, writer and social activist who died Friday, had the kind of rich, soulful, sonorous delivery that seemed to arise as much from his conscience as his vocal cords.
But it wasn't just timbre and elocution that made Davis, who starred on Broadway and in movies such as "Do the Right Thing" (1989) and in TV productions such as "Roots: The Next Generations" (1979), famous and beloved.
Davis and his wife, actress Ruby Dee, who survives him, seemed always in the center of a political storm. They were blacklisted during the McCarthy era for ...