CICELY TYSON at The Heart Truth 2009 — WIKIPEDIA.ORG
ACTRESS Cicely Tyson, who specialized in portraying strong Black women caught up in life’s struggles during a 60-year career that earned her three Emmys and a Tony Award, died on Thursday at age 96, her manager said in a statement.
No cause of death was given. Ms. Tyson had recently completed a memoir,
Just As I Am, which was released just last week.
Ms. Tyson’s most-lauded performances came in historical works such as the 1972 movie
Sounder in which she played a Louisiana sharecropper’s wife. That film earned Ms. Tyson her only Academy Award nomination, but she received an honorary Oscar in November 2018.