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In this Nov. 1, 2017, file photo, Cicely Tyson, a cast member in "Last Flag Flying," poses at the premiere of the film at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Cicely Tyson dies at 96, agent says

By Hillel Italie and Mark Kennedy - Associated Press

Cicely Tyson arrives at night two of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sept. 15, 2019, in Los Angeles. Tyson, the pioneering Black actress who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers’ hearts in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” has died. She was 96. Tyson's death was announced by her family, via her manager Larry Thompson, who did not immediately provide additional details. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Cicely Tyson, purposeful and pioneering actor, dead at 96

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