Broadway legend Chita Rivera is dead. The singer, dancer and actress died on Tuesday at the age of 91 in New York after a short illness, her daughter Lisa Mordente announced.
Rivera, born Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero in the US capital Washington in 1933, was nominated ten times for the Tony theater and musical award. She won the award for best leading actress in a musical twice and received a third Tony in 2018 for her life's work. In 2009, she was honored by then US President Barack Obama with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.