Woodie King Jr., the theater actor, director and producer, who advocated for Black onstage representation, has died. He was 88. The New Federal Theatre (NFT), his company dedicated to amplifying the voices of Black and other underrepresented artists, announced that King died of complications from emergency heart surgery on Thursday at Weill Cornell Medical Center [...]
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Woodie King Jr. Dies: 'The Renaissance Man of Black Theater' Who Advocated For Onstage Representation Was 88
January 31, 2026
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