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Mark Kennedy FILE - Cicely Tyson models a B. Michael design in The Heart Truth Red Dress collection during Fashion Week in New York, Feb. 13, 2009. Tyson, the pioneering Black actress who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecroppers wife in "Sounder," a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers hearts in "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman," has died. She was 96. Tysons death was announced by her family, via her manager Larry Thompson, who did not immed...

Cicely Tyson, the stage, screen and television actress whose vivid portrayals of strong African-American women shattered racial stereotypes in the dramatic arts of the 1970s, propelling her to stardom and fame as an exemplar for civil rights, died on Thursday. She was 96. Her death was announced by her longtime manager, Larry Thompson, who provided no other details. In a remarkable career of seven decades, Ms. Tyson broke ground for serious Black actors by refusing to take parts that demeaned B...

Cicely Tyson, an Actress Who Shattered Stereotypes, Dies at 96 In a remarkable career of many decades, she refused to take parts that demeaned Black people and won a Tony, Emmys and an honorary Oscar. Cicely Tyson in London in 1973. She was critical of films and television programs that cast Black characters as criminal, servile or immoral.Credit...Dennis Oulds/Central Press, via Getty Images Published Jan. 28, 2021Updated Feb. 15, 2021 Cicely Tyson, the stage, screen and television actress who...

NEW YORK (AP) — Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” won 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. Tysons 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 trans...

Cicely Tyson, purposeful and pioneering actress, dead at 96 By Associated Press | January 28, 2021 at 7:19 PM EST - Updated January 29 at 3:09 AM NEW YORK (AP) — Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” won 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 b...

A onetime model, Tyson began her screen career with bit parts but gained fame in the early 1970s when Black women were finally starting to get starring roles. She was nominated for an Oscar  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.

Tyson gained fame in the early 1970s, when Black women were finally starting to get starring roles.

Cicely Tyson, Groundbreaking and Award-winning Actor, Dead at 96

NEW YORK (AP) — Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecroppers wife in "Sounder," won 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. Tysons 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 af...

Award-Winning Actress Cicely Tyson Dies at Age 96 NEW YORK—Cicely Tyson, the actress who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” won 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 Tys...