Ann reinking obituary: From the gatherings of “Men’s club” and “Pippin,” Ms. Reinking ventured into the function of Roxie Hart in “Chicago,” and the rest is Tony-winning history. Ann Reinking in Bob Fosse’s personal film “Such Jazz” in 1979. Ann Reinking in Bob Fosse’s self-portraying film “Such Jazz” in 1979.Credit…Everett Collection

Ann Reinking, an artist, entertainer and Tony Award-winning choreographer who performed on Broadway for almost thirty years, where she was likewise known for her long relationship with Bob Fosse and his work, passed on Saturday. She was 71.

Ms. Reinking kicked the bucket in her rest in a lodging in the Seattle territory, where she was visiting her more established sibling, said Dahrla King, her sister-in-law. The reason was not yet known, she said.

She was maybe most popular as an entertainer for playing Roxie Hart in the melodic “Chicago.” It was the job that she ventured into in 1977 at 26, and which aided make her a star. Furthermore, the job she got back to victoriously almost twenty years after the fact in the gigantically fruitful 1996 Broadway restoration — which she additionally arranged.

Her prosperity in front of an audience additionally interested crowds on account of a sentimental subplot playing out offstage. At the point when Ms. Reinking, an ingénue, took on that job, she was impractically associated with Fosse, the chief and choreographer. Furthermore, the star she was supplanting was Gwen Verdon, who had been hitched to Fosse, and who had isolated from him quite a while prior.