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Groundbreaking Black dancer and aerialist Alice Clark Brown dies at 68

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Alice Clark Brown, who joined the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus as a teenager and became a historic member of the famed troupe, has died at age 68. She was the first Black dancer and aerialist in the Blue Unit, one of the two shows by the Ringling Bros. Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist remembers a life well lived.