Award-Winning Actress Cicely Tyson Dies at Age 96
NEW YORK Cicely Tyson, the actress who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” won a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers’ hearts in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” died Thursday at age 96.
Tyson’s death was announced by her family, via her manager Larry Thompson, who did not immediately provide additional details.
“With heavy heart, the family of Miss Cicely Tyson announces her peaceful transition this afternoon. At this time, please allow the family their privacy,” according to a statement issued through Thompson.
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Gabriel Bump named 2020 winner of the Ernest Gaines Award
by Chevel Johnson, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 21, 2020 4:10 pm EDT
Last Updated Dec 21, 2020 at 4:14 pm EDT
NEW ORLEANS Chicago’s South Side comes alive through the writings of Gabriel Bump’s debut novel, “Everywhere You Don’t Belong,” which has earned him recognition as the 2020 winner of the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence.
The nationally acclaimed award, which recognizes outstanding work from African American fiction writers, is in its 14th year and comes with a $15,000 prize given by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation. Bump will receive the award in a virtual ceremony Jan. 28.
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Gabriel Bump, 2020 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence winner, discusses his novel, Everywhere You Don t Belong, at the county library in St. Louis, Mo. Bump, a Chicago native, now resides in Buffalo, New York. (Kara Hayes Smith via AP) December 21, 2020 - 1:10 PM
NEW ORLEANS - Chicago s South Side comes alive through the writings of Gabriel Bump s debut novel, âEverywhere You Don t Belong, which has earned him recognition as the 2020 winner of the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence.
The nationally acclaimed award, which recognizes outstanding work from African American fiction writers, is in its 14th year and comes with a $15,000 prize given by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation. Bump will receive the award in a virtual ceremony Jan. 28.
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