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Chita Rivera (1933-2024) Dancer, singer, autobiographer. Chita Rivera was born in Washington, District of Columbia, and died in New York City. She was a star of Broadway and lived in Rockland County, New York.

Full Name

Chita Rivera

Locations

Bronx•New York•Rockland

Author's Timeline

1933

Birth

Chita Rivera was born Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero in Washington, District of Columbia, on January 23, 1933.

1948

Other Life Event

Ms. Rivera trained at George Balanchine’s School of American Ballet in Manhattan, New York, beginning in 1948.

1951

Other Life Event

Ms. Rivera lived in the Bronx, New York, and graduated from William Howard Taft High School in 1951.

2023

Literary Work

Chita: A Memoir
HarperOne
0063226790 / 978-0063226791
Autobiography written with Patrick Pacheco

2024

Death

Chita Rivera died in Blauvelt, New York, on January 30, 2024.

2024

Interment

Chita Rivera was interred at Saint Anthony’s Catholic Cemetery in Nanuet, Rockland County, New York.

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