Cicely Tyson, iconic award-winning actress, has died at 96 By Peter Martinez
January 29, 2021 / 6:47 AM / CBS News
Cicely Tyson, the award-winning actress who trailblazed a career across several decades and appeared in countless TV shows, films and Broadway plays, died Thursday at age 96, according to her manager. Tyson s role as a sharecropper s wife in the film Sounder landed her an Oscar nomination in 1973. With heavy heart, the family of Miss Cicely Tyson announces her peaceful transition this afternoon, Tyson s family said in a statement from her manager. At this time, please allow the family their privacy.
Tyson, who first entered the spotlight as a model, was well-known across the entertainment industry, earning two Emmy Awards best lead actress in a drama and best actress in a special for her role as a former slave in the 1974 TV drama The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. In a defining moment of the film, Pittman walks up and drink
Emmy and Tony winner Cicely Tyson dies at age 96
29 Jan 2021 Cicely Tyson arrives at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards in 2009. AP
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.
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 Tyson her only Academy Award nomination, but she received an honorary Oscar in November 2018.