Ms. Carroll was part of my extended family, that fabulous aunt who commanded attention by simply walking into the room.
Diahann Carroll as “Julia” with Marc Copage as her son Corey.Credit…ABC Television Network
Cree Summer as Winifred ‘Freddie’ Brooks, Gary Dourdan as Shazza Zulu, Diahann Carroll as Marion Gilbert on “A Different World.”Credit…Joey Del Valle/NBC, via Getty Images