Not long after it was announced that the iconic actress died at age 96 on Thursday evening, Barack, 59, and Michelle, 57, each shared heartwarming messages on their respective Instagram accounts to honor Tyson and her incomparable legacy.
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First posting a photograph of himself standing beside his wife and Tyson, Barack also shared a shot of himself awarding the late actress with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016.
Describing Tyson as having "a heart unlike any other ," he wrote, "When Cicely Tyson was born, doctors predicted she wouldn't make it three months because of a murmur in her heart. What they didn't know, what they couldn't know, was that Cicely had a heart unlike any other."