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Rivera, who just turned 91, died after a brief illness.
In 2015, at the age of 82, she originated the lead role of Claire inThe Visiton Broadway.
She scored her first Tony Award nomination for playing Rose inBye Bye Birdiein 1960.
Then they laugh and I laugh, and thats the way it should be.
She didnt make it back to Broadway for seven years.
In 2002, Riverareceived the Kennedy Center Honors.
She put on an autobiographical show in 2007 calledChita Rivera: The Dancers Life.
Her eponymous memoir came out in 2023.
Im now enjoying the fruits of my labor,she said at the time.
Im a dancer, a singer, and an actor.
And whatever comes up, I will do.
