Bill and Hillary Clinton attended the private memorial service at Harlem s Abyssinian Baptist Church Tuesday
Actor and director Tyler Perry, gospel singer Bebe Winans and Valerie Simpson of the duo Ashford & Simpson were also reportedly in attendance for the nearly three-hour service
The memorial came one day after hundreds of admirers flocked from as far as Atlanta and Los Angeles to pay their respects in a public viewing
Tyson had been a member of the church for three decades and had bought a pew and named it after her mom
The Harlem native died January 28 at the age of 96, days after she released her new memoir Just As I Am