Cicely Tyson death: Groundbreaking Emmy-winning actress, dies aged 96

Cicely Tyson death: Groundbreaking Emmy-winning actress, dies aged 96

By Rachel Brodsky

Cicely Tyson, groundbreaking Emmy-winning actress, dies aged 96 (Getty Images)

Emmy- and Tony Award-winning actor Cicely Tyson has died, according to a statement from her manager, Larry Thompson. She was 96.

“I have managed Miss Tyson’s career for over 40 years, and each year was a privilege and blessing,” Thompson said. “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.”

A star in theater, television, and film, Tyson famously resisted the sort of Blaxploitation roles Hollywood tried to force many actors of color into in the 1970s. 

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