Joni Berry, a philanthropist and longtime chairman of the Professional Dancers Society, an organization that assists dancers in need, died Sunday in Los Angeles of complications from COVID-19, a publicist announced.
She was 89. A dancer herself back in the day, Berry performed with the likes of Sammy Davis Jr., Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey and Donald O'Connor.
She spent 24 years as chairman of the PDS. Last year, Berry and PDS president Mitzi Gaynor were honored with the Medal of Honor from The Actors Fund in recognition of the partnership between the organizations that began in 1994.
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