Canyon News
HOLLYWOOD—Former model and legendary actress Cicely L. Tyson, 96, passed away on Thursday, January 28. According to Tyson’s family and her manager Larry Thompson, she passed away peacefully in her sleep. Cicely paved the gateway for African-American women seeking an opportunity in the entertainment industry.
Her refined attitude and style kept her from accepting any type of roles that she felt denigrated women of color. At the age of 88, she won a Tony Award in 2013. She received accolades for her role in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.” She earned an Oscar nomination for Best Actress for her role as a sharecropper’s wife in the 1972 drama “Sounder” which was also nominated for Best Picture.