Cicely Tyson on Instagram yesterday upon news of the acclaimed, award-winning actress’ death.
Obama shared a photo of himself and his wife,
Michelle, sandwiching the diminutive Tyson the day she was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016.
Cicely Tyson arrives at Night Two of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sept. 15, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
“When Cicely Tyson was born, doctors predicted she wouldn’t make it three months because of a murmur in her heart. What they didn’t know, what they couldn’t know, was that Cicely had a heart unlike any other,” Obama wrote. “The kind that would not only beat for 96 more years but leave a mark on the world that few could match.”
Raphael Gribetz at his home in Presque Isle, Maine. (Janine Strong/ via JTA)
Raphael Gribetz at work on a crucifix for a local Catholic parish in Presque Isle, Maine. (Courtesy of Gribetz/ via JTA)
Artist Raphael Gribetz has made his home in the northern Maine city of Presque Isle since 1988. (Scott Olson/ vis JTA)
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (JTA) In this speck of a city lives an artist who starts his mornings swathed in a tallit and tefillin, spends most of his days making biblically inspired works of art and whiles away the evenings picking out Schubert sonatas on the piano.
The U.S. Secret Service opened an investigation into comedian John Mulaney over jokes believed to be made about President Donald Trump on “Saturday Night Live” last year, according to records
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The U.S. Secret Service opened an investigation into comedian John Mulaney over jokes believed to be made about President Donald Trump on “Saturday Night Li