Hollywood Icon Cicely Tyson Passes At Age 96

It is reported that the African-American Hollywood icon Cicely Tyson has passed away at the age of 96. This comes just some few years after she retired from the movie industry. Cicely is famous for portraying some of the most iconic black characters ever. Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson was a recipient of three Primetime Emmy Awards, four Black Reel Awards, one Screen Actors Guild Award, one Tony Award, an honorary Academy Award, and a Peabody Award.
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Cicely Tyson is the first African-American woman to win an honorary Academy Award.
“I have managed Miss Tyson’s career for over 40 years, and each year was a privilege and blessing,” says Larry Thompson, her manager who announced her death on Thursday. “Cicely thought of her new memoir as a Christmas tree decorated with all the ornaments of her personal and professional life. Today she placed the last ornament, a Star, on top of the tree.”

In 2020, she was also for the Peabody Career Achievement Award for her work on the stage, in film and on television.

The fashion model garnered critical acclaim for her performance as Rebecca Morgan in 1972 movie, Sounder. She was nominated for both the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for the film.

In 2011, she played Constantine Jefferson in the award-winning film The Help and Ophelia Harkness in How To Get Away With Murder.

At this time, the cause of her death is unknown.

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