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Webthe dancer chita rivera, who “ dazzled audiences for nearly seven decades as a puerto rican lodestar of the american musical theater,” has died at 91.

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Webher new, eponymous memoir chita — written with patrick pacheco — dances through the patterns of her brilliant career.

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Webnew york (ap) — chita rivera, the dynamic dancer, singer and actress who garnered 10 tony nominations, winning twice, in a long broadway career that.

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