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Actor, Activist Ossie Davis Dies at 87

Published February 3, 2005 at 10:00 PM MST

Actor Ossie Davis has died at 87. He was found this morning in a hotel room in Miami, where he was making a film called Retirement. The cause of death was not immediately known. Davis was a distinguished presence on stage, on screen, and as an activist taking on racial injustice.

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