Diahann Carroll Dies

Diahann Carroll, who broke barriers in the sitcom, Julia, has died at 84.  The show, which ran in the late 60s and  early 70s on NBC, featured Carroll playing a widow, raising a son.  It was maybe the first network show to feature a black woman playing a professional worker.  Julia worked as a nurse for a gruff but lovable  doctor, who was played by Lloyd Nolan. 

She would later play a character in dynasty. 

Carroll also performed on Broadway and in nightclubs.