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Queen Cicely: Remembering Cicely Tyson, Who Embodied ‘Artistry and Elegance in Acting’

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Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentAmerica doesn’t have a system of knights or dames, as Britain, Australia and New Zealand do. If there were such a system, Cicely Tyson would have undoubtedly been honored.

But Tyson, who died on Thursday, a month after her 96th birthday, didn’t need any government-sanctioned titles: Admirers such as Ava DuVernay, Tyler Perry and Shonda Rhimes call her Queen Cicely, which was much more appropriate for her.Her 70-year career was filled with landmark works, including the film “Sounder” (1972) and TV’s “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman” (1974), “Roots” (1977), “A Woman Called Moses” (playing Harriet Tubman, 1978), and “The Trip to Bountiful” (2014), among many others.

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