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Dividing the Estate's Roger Robinson Makes Vital, Vivid, Memorable Characters

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Roger-cmykBy Barbara Smith

Infusing life into a character and making him real is a craft to which all good actors aspire. Roger Robinson, who is featured in Horton Foote’s “Dividing the Estate,” now showing in its West Coast debut at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, is just such an actor. The award-winning professional has carved out a

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Camilla Williams, Black Opera Pioneer, Dies at 92

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camilla-williamsBy KEN KUSMER
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ Camilla Williams, believed to be the first African-American woman to appear with a major U.S. opera company, has died. She was 92.

Williams died Sunday at her home in Bloomington, Indiana, her attorney, Eric Slotegraaf, said Monday. She died of complications from cancer, said Alain

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Trumpet Awards Delivers Notable Honors for African American Achievement

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Photo-1---Trumpet-GroupMany of the best and brightest achievers in the African American worldwide community today, coupled with those individuals who have supported the African American cause for racial justice, gathered on the stage of the 20th Annual Trumpet Awards to receive a once-in-life- time salute for their dedication, hard

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'Soul Train' Host Don Cornelius Dies at 75

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don-corneliusBy Lynn Elber

LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Soul Train" host Don Cornelius was the arbiter of cool, a brilliant TV showman who used his purring, baritone voice to seduce mainstream America into embracing black music and artists.

But the "love, peace, and SOUL!" he wished viewers as he closed each show for

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