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Tyson had recently completed a memoir, Just As I Am , which was released just this week.
She also won two Emmys for the same TV movie, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman .
Tyson was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama in 2016.
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. Tyson had recently completed a memoir, Just As I Am , which was released just this week.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) Cicely Tyson was a Black actor who knocked down doors so other women of color could walk through them.
Tyson strategically selected powerful roles with an intent to elevate how Black actors were perceived. With dignified grace, she starred in films such as “Sounder” and on TV with “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.” She strived to shatter stereotypes and inspired many Black actresses along the way to follow her footsteps. A younger generation of Black actors Viola Davis, Kerry Washington and Zendaya among them all paid homage to Tyson after learning of her death at age 96 on Thursday.
Hollywood s iconic film star Cicely Tyson dies at 96
29 Jan 2021 Barack Obama presents actress Cicely Tyson with the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the White House. File / AFP
Cicely Tyson, the pioneering African-American actress and honorary Oscar winner, died on Thursday aged 96, her manager said.
Known best for Emmy-winning television movie The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and her Academy-nominated turn in 1972 film Sounder, Tyson s acting career spanned seven decades and often tackled issues of racism and social justice.
She frequently turned down roles she saw as reinforcing negative Black stereotypes, including maids and prostitutes, and was seen as recently as last year on the small-screen thriller How to Get Away with Murder.
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