5.6K views · 62 reactions | Tony award winning actress and singer Diahann Carroll passed away last week at the age of 84. Did you know she performed right here in our studios at the 25th WHAS Crusade For Children? This is her performance from 1978. She also spent some time with original Crusade Host Jim Walton and performed with Troy Gilbert, a little boy who was helped by the Crusade. | WHAS11 News | Facebook

3.2K views · 292 reactions | We're extending our condolences to the family and friends of Diahann Carroll. Ms. Carroll was the first African-American woman to win a Tony Award for Best Performance by Leading Actress in a Musical and was an inspiration to many, including Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer and Kay Trinidad. (: Julian Clarkson) | Hadestown | Facebook

Today would have been the great Diahann Carroll's 87th birthday. Listen to Diahann discuss the joy of singing on Broadway. [VID: Interview with Diahann Carroll. Transcript: It was a moment in life that you'll never recapture, hearing songs written for you by Richard Rodgers, that you will have the opportunity to introduce to the world and perform eight times a week in the theater. I remember what I wore, I remember my hair, and I remember his office and that incredible sound of that piano. It wa