Alice Tan Ridley, Subway Singer on ‘America’s Got Talent,’ Dies at 72

Alice Tan Ridley, Subway Singer on ‘America’s Got Talent,’ Dies at 72
The mother of the actress Gabourey Sidibe, she spent decades singing full time as an underground busker in New York City.
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