How Chita Rivera, 'West Side Story' Broadway star, dead at 91?

Chita Rivera, the dynamic dancer, singer and actress who garnered 10 Tony nominations, winning twice

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In a long Broadway career that forged a path for Latina artists and shrugged off a near-fatal car accident,

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She died on Tuesday. She was 91.

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Rivera’s death was announced by her daughter, Lisa Mordente,

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who said she died in New York after a brief illness.

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Rivera first gained wide notice in 1957 as Anita in the original production of “West Side Story”

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And was still dancing on Broadway with her trademark energy a half-century later in 2015’s “The Visit.”

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“I wouldn’t know what to do if I wasn’t moving or telling a story to you or singing a song,”

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She told The Associated Press then. “That’s the spirit of my life,

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And I’m really so lucky to be able to do what I love, even at this time in my life.

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