Phylicia Rashad fans got an unexpected treat this week when the notoriously private actress finally joined social media at the insistence of her equally iconic sister Debbie Allen. For years, the only ...

Allen announced the news on Instagram on Wednesday, Aug. 20, sharing a tribute to her beloved mother, who celebrated her 102nd birthday just weeks ago Ayers was a celebrated poet and playwright, who ...

On Thursday, Aug. 21, the actress, 75, took to Instagram to announce the death of her mother. Allen is also known for her work in Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder, A Different World and the ...

Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad's mother, Vivian Ayers, has died. She was 102. Allen shared a heartfelt tribute to her family's matriarch, a celebrated poet and playwright, on Instagram on Wednesday, ...

*The world is honoring the life of Vivian Ayers Allen, the mother of Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad. The Pulitzer-nominated poet, playwright, cultural activist, and scholar who passed away on August ...

Vivian Ayers Allen, a Pulitzer-nominated poet who foreshadowed the country’s journeys into space and was mother to Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad, has died, the family announced on Allen’s social ...

The mother of actresses Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad, Vivian Ayers, passed away on Monday, August 18, just weeks after celebrating her 102nd birthday. S.W.A.T. star Allen shared the news on her ...

Vivian Ayers Allen, a noted poet, activist honored by NASA and mother of two powerhouse actresses, has died. She was 102 years old. Her daughter, choreographer and actress Debbie Allen, announced her ...

Her daughter, choreographer and actress Debbie Allen, announced her mother’s death on Instagram, writing, “Mommy you have transformed into that cosmic bird Hawk that lives and breathes Freedom.” Hawk ...