NEW YORK Ossie Davis, the imposing, unshakable actor who championed racial justice on stage, on screen and in real life, often in tandem with his wife, Ruby Dee, has died. He was 87. Davis was found ...

The episode, “Ghost Stories,” aired in April 1982, with special guest, respected This variety series features Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. The episode, “Ghost Stories,” aired in April 1982, with special ...

R. C. Davis is the given name of a renowned American actor, writer, and activist. An inattentive county clerk (or family affection) morphed the baby’s name into Ossie. It didn’t seem to harm Ossie ...

Film and stage actor Ossie Davis was found dead Friday in his Miami hotel room. Davis, the husband and partner of actress Ruby Dee, was 87. Davis was in Florida where he had just started making the ...

correctionThe Feb. 5 obituary of Ossie Davis incorrectly said that he died the previous Tuesday. He was found dead Friday, Feb. 4. The article also said that "Evening Shade" was an NBC series; it was ...

Ossie Davis, the imposing, unshakable actor who championed racial justice on stage, on screen and in real life, often in tandem with his wife, Ruby Dee, has died at age 87. Davis was found dead Friday ...

To understand the world that produced Raiford Chatman Davis, it is perhaps enough to understand how he got his name changed. It happened when his mother went to register his birth certificate. She ...

SOMERS — For more than a half century, audiences have been mesmerized by the love story between Hollywood legends Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. Now, their grandson, Muta’Ali Muhammad, unearths the ...