The singer graduated from the Stewart County High School in 1969, and went on to get her teaching license from the New York State Board of Education. She taught at PS 134, her obituary said.

Alice Tan Ridley, who spent three decades entertaining subway riders in New York City as a gospel and R&B singer before wowing viewers on NBC's America's Got Talent and releasing her first studio ...

Alice Tan Ridley, who spent three ... Dies at 96. Susan Senk, Veteran Film Publicist, Dies at 75. ... She graduated from Stewart County High School in 1969, moved to New York in 1971, ...

Alice Tan Ridley, the mother of Oscar-nominated actress Gabourey Sidibe and a singer who found her own celebrity on America's Got Talent in 2010, died March 25 in New York City, according to her ...