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| Born | January 22, 1931 |
| Hometown | Clarksdale, Mississippi, United States of America |
| Net worth | $2 million |
| Height | 5'10" (1.78m) |
| Spouse | Barbara Campbell (m 1959 - 1964) , Dolores Mohawk (m 1953 - 1957) |
| Children | Linda Womack |
| Parents | Annie Mae Cook , Charles Cook |
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It only takes moments into Regina King’s directorial debut before you realise — like really start to understand — what the term “actor’s director” means. Sure, the two words are pretty self-explanatory, but as soon as each one of One Night In Miami’s four principal cast members deliver their opening lines as the giants of Black history they are portraying (Leslie Odom Jr. as Sam Cooke, Kingsley Ben-Adir as Malcolm X, Aldis Hodge as Jim Brown, and Eli Goree as Cassius Clay before he became Muhamm
