Mother Abigail Freemantel AKA Ruby Dee has been called home.

[JanewayRulz!]

Ruby Dee was 91 when she died yesterday. Although her career spanned many decades and many mediums,

http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/12/showbiz/obit-ruby-dee/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

and although she received an Oscar nomination for her role in Denzel Washington's 2007 film "American Gangster...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4ujHOSbQB0

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the role my Scifi loving heart I will always remember is of Mother Abigail in the Stephen King miniseries "The Stand".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cII0sq4LEpg

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Her husband Ossie Davis predeceased her in 2005 and was also an alumnus of the 1994 miniseries, playing Judge Richard Farris.

I wish peace to her family and thank them for sharing their amazing parents with the rest of the world.

 

[AgentCoop]

Damn. Now who's going to gather people together to fight off the forces of evil after the world-ending superflu?

In all seriousness, though, she was a great actress and she leaves a great legacy behind. She'll be missed. R.I.P Ruby.