Actress, human rights activist, and Black American icon Cicely Tyson has died. She was 96.
Miles Davis was Mr. Cicely Tyson.
She died just two days after her memoir was released.
Today is the day! My memoir #JustAsIAm is on sale wherever books are sold. https://t.co/aXHMBYK1TL
— Cicely Tyson (@IAmCicelyTyson) January 26, 2021
— Pete Souza (@PeteSouza) January 29, 2021
With her award-winning performances, Cicely Tyson taught us to champion a world of possibility for social justice, creativity, vitality, and joy. She was a seminal figure of her time and we were proud to honor her last year with the Peabody Career Achievement Award. https://t.co/Fyn4ngmhRc
— Peabody Awards (@PeabodyAwards) January 29, 2021
In an interview just last week, Cicely Tyson told @NPRMichel that she realized acting was her calling because, "I learned that I could speak through other people. I was a very shy child. I was an observer. … I never spoke … but I was a great observer."https://t.co/tzYNzsdIed
— NPR (@NPR) January 29, 2021
An icon, a legend and everything in between. Cicely Tyson has left us.
— Vladimir Duthiers (@vladduthiersCBS) January 29, 2021
In one of her final interviews, she opened up to Gayle King about her triumphs and also what she endured over the course of her career. Watch it here: pic.twitter.com/QRRVHn5Gpz
"Life is to be lived. If you have a dream, if you have a desire, you're the one who can control the end result of that."
— TCL Chinese Theatres (@ChineseTheatres) January 29, 2021
Here's the video from the day Cicely Tyson put her imprints in cement at TCM Classic Film Festival. pic.twitter.com/qsmReziUte
Cicely Tyson and James Earl Jones. pic.twitter.com/IHzvjimQOA
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) January 29, 2021
This one cuts deep. @IAmCicelyTyson was my first screen Mom.. Elegance, warmth, beauty, wisdom, style and abundant grace. She was as regal as they come. An artist of the highest order, I will love her forever… ♥️ RIP pic.twitter.com/69Awj7qI8o
— LeVar Burton (@levarburton) January 29, 2021
Not only was she awarded with 8 NAACP Image Awards, but she also received the NAACP's Spingarn Medal for a lifetime of achievement in 2010. She will remain a beacon and a strong inspiration for generations to come. Rest in Power. (2/2)#CicelyTyson #RIPCicelyTyson
— Derrick Johnson (@DerrickNAACP) January 29, 2021
An elder…now an ancestor.
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) January 29, 2021
What a vessel.#CicelyTyson pic.twitter.com/rq9ZgbxSd2
R.I.P. Cicely Tyson (1924-2021) pic.twitter.com/AeDgcTEzAC
— Film at Lincoln Center (@FilmLinc) January 29, 2021
