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The country performer’s stories about music are rife with the minute observations and historical tidbits absorbed and disseminated by die-hard fans.

It was the first Oscar ceremony where more than one Black performer was vying for the lead actor trophy.

Foxx thanked director Taylor Hackford for “taking a chance on this film,” and proceeded to give shout-outs to the first Black actor to win in the category, Sidney Poitier, and Halle Berry, the first Black performer to win a lead actress Oscar.

Haynes’ remarkable longevity as a performer was underscored over the decades whenever he played at New York City’s venerable jazz club Birdland.

Judith Jamison, a renowned performer and choreographer who devoted most of her dance career to the trailblazing Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, has died.