
Poet Vivian Ayers Allen, mother of Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad, dies at 102
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 news on Instagram in a post that featured a photo montage of her mother through the years set to








