In news that’s sent the entertainment industry reeling, legendary screen actress Cicely Tyson has died.

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“Cicely Tyson, the stage, screen and television actress whose vivid portrayals of strong African-American women shattered racial stereotypes in the dramatic arts of the 1970s, propelling her to stardom and fame as an exemplar for civil rights,

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