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Judith Ann Jamison (/ ˈ d ʒ æ m ɪ ˌ s ə n /; [2] May 10, 1943 – November 9, 2024) was an American dancer and choreographer. She danced with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater from 1965 to 1980 and was Ailey's muse.
Renowned dancer and choreographer Judith Jamison died Saturday after a brief illness, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater announced. She was 81.
Judith Jamison, 81, American dancer and choreographer. [247] Ella Jenkins, 100, American singer-songwriter. [248] James Patrick Keleher, 93, American Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Belleville (1984–1993) and archbishop of Kansas City (1993–2005). [249] Anil Kumar, 83, Indian physicist. [250]
Judith Jamison joined Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in 1965 and served as one of its most prominent soloists for 15 years. Before his death, Ailey appointed her artistic director.
The funeral, which lasted two hours, featured his friend Maya Angelou reading an oral interpretation of her poem "For Alvin Ailey", drumming by Max Roach, a reading of a statement from President George H. W. Bush, and eulogies by Carmen de Lavallade, Judith Jamison, and New York City Mayor David Dinkins. The funeral also included performances ...
“Our bodies told the truth about what it is to be an artist,” she previously told 'Bazaar.'
The coroner has said her death did not appear to be a homicide, but the body was too decayed to determine the exact cause of death. [246] The Jamison family disappeared mysteriously on 8 October 2009 from Red Oak, Oklahoma [247] and were all later found dead after four years in November 2013. [248] Their death causes could not be determined. [249]
The cause of Simpson’s death was metastatic prostate cancer — which carries a higher death risk for Black men, per the American Cancer Society.In May 2023, the former Hall of Fame player ...