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Photos: Ruby Dee dies at age 91: Her career in pictures

Actress and activist Ruby Dee, seen here on May 6, 1999, prior to the opening of her one-woman show "My Last Good Nerve," based on her poems and essays, has died. She was 91.

Actress and activist Ruby Dee, seen here on May 6, 1999, prior to the opening of her one-woman show “My Last Good Nerve,” based on her poems and essays, has died. She was 91.   (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

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Ruby Dee, an actress known as much for her civil rights activism as for her powerful stage and movie roles in productions including “A Raisin in the Sun,” has died. She was 91.

Ruby Dee dies at 91

Ruby Dee, Bill Cosby, center, and Ossie Davis at a 50th wedding anniversary party for Dee and Davis on Dec. 15, 1988. They used the party as a fundraiser for 12 community theaters.  (Mark Lennihan / Associated Press)

Ruby Dee dies at 91

Ruby Dee with her husband, Ossie Davis, left, and the Rev. Al Sharpton at a protest at New York’s police headquarters in 1999.   (Ed Bailey / Associated Press )

Ruby Dee dies at 91

Black Filmmaker President and Founder Warrington Hudlin, left, Ruby Dee and Ozzie Davis attend the Black Filmmaker Foundation 25th Anniversary Party at the Tribeca Film Festival on May 7, 2003.  (Myrna Suarez / Getty Images)

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Ruby Dee dies at 91

Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, First Lady Laura Bush and President George W. Bush sing the national anthem at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington on Dec. 5, 2004.  (Charles Dharapak / Associated Press)

Ruby Dee dies at 91

Ruby Dee wins the award for supporting actress for her role in “American Gangster” at the 14th Screen Actors Guild Awards on Jan. 27, 2008.  (Reed Saxon / Associated Press)

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