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Oscar-nominated actress and TV trailblazer Cicely Tyson died Thursday. She was 96. Her death was announced by longtime manager Larry Thompson. Tyson’s work opposite…

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Oscar-nominated actress and TV trailblazer Cicely Tyson died Thursday. She was 96. Her death was announced by longtime manager Larry Thompson.
Tyson’s work opposite George C. Scott on the gritty CBS drama “East Side/West Side” made her one of, if not the first African American actress to have a continuing role on a network series.
She was also the first African American to win a lead actress Emmy Award when she played a woman who ages from 23 to 110 in the 1974 CBS telefilm “The Autobiography of…

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