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Birth
March 29, 1918 Newport News, Virginia
Death
August 17, 1990 (age 72), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Ethel Waters
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Awards & Honors
Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1988
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*some sources say April 6, 1845
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