Diahann Carroll Has Died

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Multiple outlets are reporting the death of groundbreaking actress and singer Diahann Carroll at age eighty-four. From The Hollywood Reporter:

Carroll died at her home in Los Angeles after a long bout with cancer, her daughter, producer-journalist Suzanne Kay, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Appearing with Judy Garland on The Judy Garland Show, February 16, 1964:

THR:

Carroll was known as a Las Vegas and nightclub performer and for her performances on Broadway and in the Hollywood musicals Carmen Jones and Porgy & Bess when she was approached by an NBC executive to star as Julia Baker, a widowed nurse raising a young son, on the comedy Julia.

She didn't want to do it. "I really didn't believe that this was a show that was going to work," she said in a 1998 chat for the website The Interviews: An Oral History of Television. "I thought it was something that was going to leave someone's consciousness in a very short period of time. I thought, 'Let them go elsewhere.' 

From EmmyLegends.org:

In the 1980s, she joined the cast of Dynasty as Dominique Deveraux, a nemesis to Joan Collins' formidable Alexis Colby, with whom Carroll often chewed the scenery.

In 2011, she was inducted into the Television Academy's Hall Of Fame.

Diahann Carroll was a luminous, extraordinary, performer, and an even more beautiful human being. I’ll treasure memories of shared laughter, and of her incredible artistry. Farewell, beautiful Diahann.#diahanncarroll pic.twitter.com/IhC7PCs3JB

— Mitzi Gaynor (@TheMitziGaynor) October 4, 2019

1. Diahann Carroll, the first black woman in history to star in her own TV series, has died at 84.

We overuse the word legend these days, but calling Diahann Carroll a legend feels like an understatement. pic.twitter.com/KTxDlbmem4

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) October 4, 2019

This one cuts deeply. My mom & Ms Diahann were friends since they were 14. She was a pioneer on so many levels. She made me believe I could be on television! I loved & cherished and idolized her like a daughter.... 💔💔
RIP Diahann Carroll thank you for the gift of your life🙏🏽 pic.twitter.com/StN2c5vGDN

— Holly🌸Robinson🌸Peete (@hollyrpeete) October 4, 2019

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