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{{short description|American gospel singer (1927–1994)}}
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'''Marion Williams''' (August 29, 1927 – July 2, 1994) was an American [[Gospel music|gospel]] singer.
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=== Discography ===
==== Albums ====
* ''[[Can't Keep It to Myself]]'' (1993, Shanachie Entertainment Corp.)
* ''Standing Here Wondering Which Way to Go'' (1971, Atlantic Recording Corp.)
=== Filmography ===
==== Film appearances ====
Williams opens the 1990 video ''Amazing Grace with Bill Moyers'' singing the signature song. Later in the [[PBS]] production, she stylized the song in her own way. In 1991, she performed as a gospel singer in the film ''[[Fried Green Tomatoes (film)|Fried Green Tomatoes]]'', though her scene is available only in the director's cut. The movie was dedicated to her.
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Williams was an esteemed member and Church Mother at the BM Oakley Memorial [[Church of God in Christ]] in Philadelphia under the pastorate of the late Mother Irene A. Oakley.<ref name=BlackPast_MarionWilliams>{{cite web|url=http://www.blackpast.org/aah/williams-marion-1927-1994|title=Williams, Marion (1927–1994) – The Black Past: Remembered and Children Reclaimed, Robin Williams Sr. Grandchildren, Robin Williams Jr, Ryan Williams, Dominique Williams Reclaimed|website=www.blackpast.org|date=December 2013 |access-date=October 14, 2020}}</ref>
Williams died at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia on July 2, 1994, aged 66.<ref name="NYT 19940704">{{cite news |first1=Jon |last1=Pareles |title=Marion Williams Is Dead at 66; Influential Pioneer of Gospel |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/04/obituaries/marion-williams-is-dead-at-66-influential-pioneer-of-gospel.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 4, 1994 |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=September 16, 2014}}</ref> She was interred at [[Ivy Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia)|Ivy Hill Cemetery]] in Philadelphia.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Newall |first1=Mike |title=Philadelphia cemetery struggles with coronavirus victims, a Philadelphia cemetery aims to preserve the dignity of the dead |url=https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-ivy-hill-cemetery-crematory-20200505.html |website=www.inquirer.com |date=May 5, 2020 |publisher=Philadelphia Inquirer |access-date=July 3, 2022}}</ref>
== References ==
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[[Category:1994 deaths]]
[[Category:American gospel singers]]
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[[Category:African-American Christians]]
[[Category:American performers of Christian music]]
[[Category:Burials at Ivy Hill Cemetery (Philadelphia)]]
[[Category:20th-century African-American women singers]]
[[Category:20th-century American women singers]]
[[Category:20th-century American singers]]
[[Category:Kennedy Center honorees]]
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