Cicely Tyson's Death
The movie actress Cicely Tyson died at the age of 96. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
Actress who starred in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. She received Screen Actors Guild Awards for her portrayal of Constantine in The Help.
She married jazz legend Miles Davis in November of 1981, and the couple divorced seven years later.
How did Cicely Tyson die?
Pioneering Hollywood actress Cicely Tyson – who was known for portraying strong African-American characters – has died aged 96, her manager has said. No cause of the death was given. The former fashion model had a career that spanned seven decades.
Quotes
"Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew.
"You never know what motivates you.
"I feel so guilty about the state of young people today. And I say that because our generation fought for everything. We fought to sit down at a counter, to sit on a bus. They were left with nothing to fight for.
"I think when you begin to think of yourself as having achieved something, then there’s nothing left for you to work towards. I want to believe that there is a mountain so high that I will spend my entire life striving to reach the top of it.
"I was in California when this journalist made a blanket statement about the fact that she did not think that black men and women had the kind of love relationship that Rebecca and Nathan had in Sounder.