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Chita Rivera’s Daughter: All About Her Only Child Lisa Mordente

Lisa Mordente is the only child of legendary Broadway performer Chita Rivera. Amid news of Chita’s death, here’s what to know about her daughter.

View gallery Image Credit: Andrew H. Walker/Shutterstock Chita Rivera, the boundary-breaking Latina actress and Broadway icon, died on Tuesday, January 30, 2024, at the age of 91 years old. “It is with immense personal sorrow that I announce the death of the beloved Broadway icon Chita Rivera,” her representative Merle Frimark said in a statement, per PEOPLE. It was Chita’s daughter Lisa Mordente, however, who initially broke the news of her mother’s death in a statement noting that she died “peacefully” after a “brief illness,” per The Hollywood Reporter.

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