Editing Ruby Dee (section)

=== Death ===
Dee died on June 11, 2014, at her home in [[New Rochelle, New York]], from [[Manner of death|natural causes]] at the age of 91.<ref>{{cite news|last1=NEUMAIER|first1=Joe|title=Ruby Dee dead at 91|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/ruby-dee-dead-91-article-1.1827040|access-date=June 12, 2014|agency=New York Daily News|date=June 12, 2014}}</ref> In a statement, [[Gil Robertson IV]] of the [[African-American Film Critics Association]] said, "the members of the African American Film Critics Association are deeply saddened at the loss of actress and humanitarian Ruby Dee. Throughout her seven-decade career, Dee embraced different creative platforms with her various interpretations of black womanhood and also used her gifts to champion for Human Rights."<ref name=cnn_obit>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/12/showbiz/obit-ruby-dee/ |title=Screen, stage legend Ruby Dee dies at 91 |work=CNN |access-date=June 12, 2014}}</ref>

"She very peacefully surrendered", said her daughter Nora Day. "We hugged her, we kissed her, we gave her our permission to go. She opened her eyes. She looked at us. She closed her eyes, and she set sail." Following her death, the marquee on the [[Apollo Theater]] read: "A TRUE APOLLO LEGEND RUBY DEE 1922–2014".<ref>Denis Slattery, Joe Dziemianowicz, Larry McShane, [http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/ruby-dee-dead-91-article-1.1827040 "Ruby Dee dead at 91: Legendary stage and screen actress — and Civil Rights leader — frequently costarred with husband Ossie Davis"], ''Daily News'' (New York), June 12, 2014.</ref>

Dee was cremated, and her ashes are held in the same urn as that of Davis, with the inscription "In this thing together".<ref name=wapo/> A public memorial celebration honoring Dee was held on September 20, 2014, at the [[Riverside Church]] in [[Upper Manhattan]].<ref>[http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/09/20/memorial-honoring-ruby-dee-held-at-manhattan-church/ "Memorial Honoring Ruby Dee Held At Riverside Church"], CBS, New York, September 20, 2014.</ref> Their shared urn was buried at Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York.<ref>[https://ferncliffcemetery.com/visit-ferncliff/celebrities-notables/ Celebrities & Notables Interred at: Ferncliff Mausoleum]. ferncliffcemetery.com. Retrieved June 12, 2023.</ref>