Tony-Winning Choreographer, Actress Ann Reinking Dies at 71

Tony-Winning Choreographer, Actress Ann Reinking Dies at 71
Ann Reinking (L) and Bebe Neuwirth share a laugh on stage while accepting the award for best revival of "Chicago" during the 51st Annual Tony Awards in New York City on June 1, 1997. Adam Nadel/AP Photo
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NEW YORK—Ann Reinking, the Tony Award-winning choreographer, actress, and Bob Fosse collaborator who helped spread a hybrid of jazz and burlesque to Broadway and beyond, has died. She was 71.

Reinking died Saturday while visiting family in Seattle, said her manager, Lee Gross. No cause of death was disclosed.