of Fame on March 30, 2007, joining such other honorees as Hillary Clinton and Nita Lowey. In 2009, she received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Princeton University.Princeton awards five honorary degrees (news release) News at Princeton. Princeton University. June 2, 2009. Retrieved May 3, 2016 Death Dee died on June 11, 2014, at her home in New Rochelle, New York, from natural causes at the age of 91. In a statement, Gil Robertson IV of the African-American Film Critics Association said, "the members of the African American Film Critics Association are deeply saddened at the loss of actress and humanitarian Ruby Dee. Throughout her seven-decade career, Dee embraced different creative platforms with her various interpretations of black womanhood and also used her gifts to champion for Human Rights." "She very peacefully surrendered", said her daughter Nora Day. "We hugged her, we kissed her, we gave her our permission to go. She opened her eyes. She looked at us. She closed her eyes, and she set sail." Following her death, the marquee on the Apollo Theater read: "A TRUE APOLLO LEGEND RUBY DEE 1922–2014". Dee was cremated, and her ashes are held in the same urn as that of Davis, with the inscription "In this thing together". A public memorial celebration honoring Dee was held on September 20, 2014, at the Riverside Church in Upper Manhattan. Their shared urn was buried at Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York. Work Filmography Short subjects: Lorraine Hansberry: The Black Experience in the Creation of Drama (1975) The Torture of Mothers (1980) Tuesday Morning Ride (1995) The Unfinished Journey (1999) (narrator) The New Neighbors (2009) (narrator) Television The Bitter Cup (1961) Seven Times Monday (1962) The Fugitive (1963) The Great Adventure (1963) Of Courtship and Marriage (1964) Guiding Light (cast member in 1967) Peyton Place (cast member from 1968 to 1969) Deadlock (1969) Sesame Street (1970) The Sheriff (1971) It's Good to Be Alive (1974) Police Woman Season 1 / Episode 14 "Target Black" (1975) Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (miniseries) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979) All God's Children (1980) With Ossie and Ruby! (1980–1982) Long Day's Journey into Night (1982) Go Tell It on the Mountain (1984) The Atlanta Child Murders (1985) (miniseries) Windmills of the Gods (1988) Gore Vidal's Lincoln (1988) The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990) Decoration Day (1990) Golden Girls (1990) Jazztime Tale (1991) (voice)