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Honoring Cicely Tyson: Zendaya, Gabrielle Union, and More Pay Tribute to the Iconic Actor

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Roots and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, died on Thursday, January 28. She was 96. “I have managed Miss Tyson’s career for over 40 years, and each year was a privilege and blessing,” her manager, Larry Thompson, said in a statement to . “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.” (Her memoir Just As I Am was published earlier this week.) Throughout her six-plus decades in Hollywood, Tyson was a trailblazing and influential force.

Her many accomplishments include being the first Black woman to win a lead actress Emmy award (The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman).

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