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Died: December 12, 2020. ANN Reinking, who has died aged 71, was a dancer and choreographer who lit up the stage with unbridled sensuality. While she will forever be associated with the seminal American choreographer Bob Fosse, she brought her own style and personality to her uninhibited moves. As a choreographer, she won a Tony award for her 1996 revival of Chicago, which she had first appeared in as a dancer almost 20 years earlier. With a nod to the show’s original director, Reinking...

Died: February 2, 2021. THE WORLD loves an unlikely hero; climate activist Greta Thunberg and the women’s education activist Malala Yousafzai are recent examples. But who would have figured that the face of defiance against the deadly coronavirus would be a 100-year-old former soldier, reliant upon a wheeled walking frame to get around? Captain Sir Tom Moore, a little moustachioed giant in a gold-buttoned blazer, paced up and down his garden last year with the hope of raising £1,000 �...

LGBTQ+ Fans Pay Tribute to Broadway Legend Ann Reinking Reinking, pictured with her Tony Award for Chicago, died Saturday at age 71. December 15 2020 5:45 PM EST Ann Reinking, the Tony-winning actress, dancer, and choreographer, and an icon to LGBTQ+ theater fans, has died at age 71. The Seattle-born performer was visiting her brother in Washington State when she died Saturday night, Variety reports. “She went to sleep and never woke up,” her family said in a statement. “We will miss h...

Ann Reinking The dancer and choreographer also starred onstage in A Chorus Line and onscreen in Annie and Micki + Maude. Ann Reinking, the Tony-winning choreographer and star of stage and screen who appeared in  Chicago,  All That Jazz, has died. She was 71. Her manager, Lee Gross, told the Associated Press that she died Saturday while seeing family in Seattle. "The lights on Broadway are forever more dim this morning and there is one less star in the sky," dancer and choreographer Christoph...

Ann Reinking, known for her Tony-winning work on Broadway, has died. She was 71. Reinking died Saturday while visiting family in Seattle, said her manager, Lee Gross. No cause of death was disclosed. “The world and our family have lost a vibrant, amazing talent and beautiful soul. Ann was the heart of our family and the life of the party,” read a statement from her family on Monday, which was obtained by  Variety. “She was visiting our brother in Washington state when she went to sleep...