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Also Known As Diane Earle
Born March 26, 1944 (age 82) • Detroit • Michigan
Awards And Honors Grammy Award • Presidential Medal of Freedom (2016) • Kennedy Center Honors (2007) • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (1988)

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Diana Ross sings into a microphone on stage, wearing a black outfit and statement necklace, with voluminous curly hair, during the US Open opening ceremony.
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Lobby card for the 1978 film The Wiz showing Michael Jackson as Scarecrow, Diana Ross as Dorothy, Ted Ross as Lion, and Nipsey Russell as Tinman posing in costume against a stylized city skyline.
Diana Ross as Dorothy, Michael Jackson as Scarecrow, Nipsey Russell as Tinman, and Ted Ross as Lion stand together in costume on a yellow-tiled set for The Wiz.
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