[lewis111]

https://apnews.com/article/cicely-ty...c1327088cfd06b

NEW YORK (AP) — Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers’ hearts in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” died Thursday at age 96.

Tyson’s death was announced by her family, via her manager Larry Thompson, who did not immediately provide additional details.

“With heavy heart, the family of Miss Cicely Tyson announces her peaceful transition this afternoon. At this time, please allow the family their privacy,” according to a statement issued through Thompson.

[Josiah.]

Legendary actress and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Cicely Tyson died on Thursday at the age of 96.

"With heavy heart, the family of Miss Cicely Tyson announces her peaceful transition this afternoon," Tyson's family said, via her manager, Larry Thompson. "At this time, please allow the family their privacy. A formal statement and details will follow."

https://www.etonline.com/cicely-tyso...d-at-96-105703

[LaLaLand]

RIP.

[GoldHeart]

Aww R.I.P
She's been in so many things , was a good actress aswell.