Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Mommie you have transformed into that cosmic bird Hawk that lives and breathes Freedom," Allen captioned her update. "We will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Debbie Allen just received her very first Academy Award — and now she's celebrating with her Grey's Anatomy co-stars! In a photo ...

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 ...

Dr. Vivian Ayers Allen, the mother of director Debbie Allen and actress Phylicia Rashad, and a renowned poet, cultural activist in her own right, has passed away at 102. The news first appeared on ...

Debbie Allen made a head-turning entrance at the 2025 Governors Awards in Los Angeles. On Sunday, the Fame star joined a slew of A-listers and celebrities who were dressed to the nines and dazzled the ...

Grey's Anatomy star Debbie Allen mourned a devastating family loss following the death of her mother, Vivian Ayers, at 102. On Thursday, Aug. 21, the actress, 75, took to Instagram to announce the ...

Vivian Elizabeth Ayers Allen, the Pulitzer Prize–nominated poet, cultural activist, and mother of Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad, has died at the age of 102. Late Wednesday night, Debbie shared the ...

*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 ...