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Cicely Tyson Dead: Trailblazing Actress and Model Dies at 96

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Cicely Tyson, the trailblazing actress who won countless awards during her seven-plus-decade career, died on Thursday, January 28.

She was 96.“With heavy heart, the family of Miss Cicely Tyson announces her peaceful transition this afternoon,” her manager, Larry Thompson, said in a statement to the Associated Press. “At this time, please allow the family their privacy.”The news came just two days after the release of Tyson’s memoir, Just As I Am.

She had been in the midst of a busy press tour for the book when she died.Born in Harlem, New York, in 1924, Tyson worked as a fashion model before she made her acting debut in 1951 in the NBC series Frontiers of Faith.

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