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Also Known As Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero
Born January 23, 1933 • Washington, D.C. • United States
Died January 30, 2024 (aged 91) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors Tony Awards (2018) • Presidential Medal of Freedom (2009) • Kennedy Center Honors (2002)

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Jerome Robbins
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