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Jazz Notes: Woodie King Jr., pillar of Black theater, dies at 88

Published: Tuesday, February 17, 2026 11:55 AM

                        Woodie King Jr., renowned founder of New Federal Theatre, whose original 1976 production of 'For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf' made a lasting mark on American theater, has passed away at age 88.
                    

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