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- Birth nameJoan Barbara Ross
- Joan Acocella was born on April 13, 1945 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was married to Nick Acocella. She died on January 7, 2024 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseNick Acocella (divorced, 1 child)
- Has a son Bartholomew.
- Was The New Yorker's dance critic from 1998 to 2019.
- Received a bachelor's degree in English in 1966 from the University of California, Berkeley.
- Father Arnold Ross was an executive of a cement company. Mother Florence Hartzell was a homemaker.
- As a girl she took ballet lessons.
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