Theta sorority where she served on its national executive board as the Honorary Co-chair of the Arts and Letters Commission for thirteen years. In the community, she was a lifetime member of Girl Scouts of the USA, The National Council of Negro Women, Sigma Alpha Lambda (a national leadership and honors organization), and Jack and Jill of America. Personal life and death In February 1989, Douglas married neuro-radiologist Roy Jonathan Cobb, to whom she was still married at the time of her death. Together, Douglas and Cobb had one daughter. Douglas died on July 6, 2021, at age 64, at her home in Martha's Vineyard after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Filmography Film Television Theatre References External links 1957 births 2021 deaths 20th-century American actresses 20th-century American singers 20th-century American women singers 21st-century American actresses 21st-century American singers 21st-century American women singers Actresses from Chicago African-American actresses American film actresses American musical theatre actresses American television actresses Deaths from cancer in Massachusetts Deaths from pancreatic cancer Delta Sigma Theta members Illinois State University alumni People from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts 20th-century African-American women singers 21st-century African-American women singers