Mark Kennedy | Associated Press Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Black actor who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper's wife in 'Sounder,' won a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers' hearts in 'The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,' died Thursday at age 96. Tyson's death was announced […]
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