What is Diahann Carroll?
[[File:Diahann Carroll 1976.JPG|thumb|Diahann Carroll in 1976]] '''Diahann Carroll''' (born '''Carol Diahann Johnson'''; July 17, 1935 &ndash; October 4, 2019) was an [[Americans|American]] television and stage actress and singer. She was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Actress]]. Later she played the role of Dominique Deveraux on the popular [[soap opera]], ''[[Dynasty (TV series)|Dynasty]]''. <ref name=hetrick>{{cite news| title=Diahann Carroll Withdraws from Broadway Revival of A Raisin in the Sun starring Denzel Washington| url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/187447-Diahann-Carroll-Withdraws-from-Broadway-Revival-of-A-Raisin-in-the-Sun-starring-Denzel-Washington| last1=Hetrick| first1=Adam| last2=Gioia| first2=Michael| work=[[Playbill]]| access-date=1 April 2015}}</ref> Carroll was born in the [[Bronx]] and raised in [[Harlem]]. She was briefly engaged to [[British people|British]] journalist [[David Frost]]. In 1997, she was diagnosed with [[breast cancer]], but was cancer-free after [[radiation therapy]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Actress and breast cancer survivor Diahann Carroll to address Baylor luncheon|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/business/business/2011/10/26/actress-and-breast-cancer-survivor-diahann-carroll-to-address-baylor-luncheon|access-date=May 15, 2018|work=Dallas News|date=October 26, 2011|archive-date=May 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515184830/https://www.dallasnews.com/business/business/2011/10/26/actress-and-breast-cancer-survivor-diahann-carroll-to-address-baylor-luncheon|url-status=dead}}</ref> Carroll died of [[cancer]] on October 4, 2019 in [[Los Angeles]] at the age of 84.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Diahann Carroll, Oscar-nominated, pioneering actress, dies|url=https://www.news10.com/news/diahann-carroll-oscar-nominated-pioneering-actress-dies/|access-date=October 4, 2019|work=ABC news10|date=October 4, 2019|archive-date=October 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005134254/https://www.news10.com/news/diahann-carroll-oscar-nominated-pi