Chita Rivera, iconic figure of Broadway, dies at 91. She was one of the most nominated actresses for the Tonys, the major awards in American theater.
Arrived on the Broadway stages before she was 20, she did not leave them until she was 80. In 2009, Barack Obama decorated her with the Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor of the U.S. and the most prestigious award in the world of theater. She died in New York after a “brief illness,” her daughter Lisa Mordente said.