Death
He died of natural causes in Los Angeles, California on December 18, 2000 at age 90, a week after attending the groundbreaking ceremonies for the Performing Arts Center named for Los Angeles politician Nate Holden which was built on the site where the Ebony Showcase stood.
The Nate Holden Performing Arts Center is currently the home of the Ebony Repertory Theatre, a newly formed Equity company, which is also the operator of the 400-seat facility. For the past year, the ERT has successful brought diverse professional performing arts to the Mid-City Community and greater Los Angeles, making the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center Los Angeles's newest cultural destination.
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