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Chita Rivera, Tony-Winning Broadway Legend, Dead at 91

The three-time Tony Award winner's career spanned more than 70 years.

Chita Rivera, the pioneering Broadway legend who dazzled in productions such as West Side Story, Kiss of the Spider Woman, and Chicago, has died, ET can confirm. After West Side Story, Rivera joined the traveling production of Can-Can, the musicals Sweet Charity, Zenda, and the first installment of the Broadway's Chicago. Two years later, Rivera was involved in a car accident that left her leg broken in a dozen places, but the resilient entertainer returned to performing after undergoing surgery and physical rehabilitation.

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