Puerto Rican Broadway icon and Tony Award-winning artist Chita Rivera has died in New York at the age of 91. She began her career on Broadway in the 1950s, performing in dozens of roles, including in “West Side Story.” In 2009, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama. New York Congressmember Nydia Velázquez, the first Puerto Rican woman to serve in the U.S. Congress, said on social media, “Chita Rivera was a trailblazer and Broadway legend who took pride in her Puerto Rican heritage and helped pave the way for other Latina artists.”