Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Academy, EMMY, and TONY-award winning actress who helped break Hollywood’s color barriers on film and television over her nearly 70-year career, passed away Thursday (January 28) at 96-years-old – just two days after the release of her memoir, ‘Just As I Am.’
The report of her passing from her manager, Larry Thompson, did not include information about the cause of death.
Easily one of Hollywood’s most celebrated actresses during her lifetime, news of the screen Queen’s life transition only saw that celebration amplified as fans, admirers, industry insiders, and fellow entertainers took to social media in droves to remember the icon.
Relating to the latter, look below to see what the likes of Mary J. Blige, Kerry Washington, Tyler Perry, Beyoncé, Angela Bassett, Mariah Carey, Barack & Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, & more had to say:
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In her extraordinary career, Cicely Tyson was one of the rare award-winning actors whose work on the screen was surpassed only by what she was able to accomplish off of it. She had a heart unlike any other—and for 96 years, she left a mark on the world that few will ever match. pic.twitter.com/JRsL3zlKtP
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) January 29, 2021
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Rest In Paradise Cicely Tyson ❤️ pic.twitter.com/xX3mwxSePl
— Ciara (@ciara) January 29, 2021
Your hugs I’ll remember. How your petite arms wrapped around me like mighty branches of a sunlit tree, strong and warm. Your love I’ll remember. You loved me for some reason and told me often. Thank you, Your Majesty. And bless you as you journey ahead. Until we meet again… pic.twitter.com/Z6f3dp7AA1
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) January 29, 2021
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Right….. y’all only said something good & kick ass stuff when people are gone. Smh….. ain’t nobody praising her when she was alive💅🏿💅🏿💅🏿 All the attention seeking celebrities need to donate some money fit her funeral at least
Everybody praised her her whole career you dumb a**
Shut it you freak. Never come for Marilyn Da Real Diva 👠 or Shayla Queen 👑 We run this blog (not that it’s hard). Know thy place, ass-rimming peasant.
Suck my p**** for a porkchop b**ch. I just know you baldheaded with a stank vag, and ya gums probably eroding. Seek a job and a tax bracket fat b**ch. GAF ABOUT A BLOG 😭😭😭😭😭
Suck my pü$$y ashy ass heffa! Might calm you down 💯 I taste sweet 👅 Or stay mad 🤣🤳🏽
As my diva Marilyn said – FOCUS ON THE LIVING.
No disrespect but she lived a whole 96 years and now she gone. Fix yo priorities chile 💯🤳🏽
She looks like Mumm-Ra from the Thundercats, who was she?
Rest in Power Queen.