Cicely Tyson
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Diana Ross, Cicely Tyson, Diahann Carroll, and kicking open the Oscars' front door
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Women who made television history
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Viola Davis hopes The Woman King inspires Black girls the way Cicely Tyson inspired her
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The A-list actresses of Tyler Perry movies
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Angela Bassett, Will Smith, and Meghan Markle among 2022 NAACP Image Award winners: See full list
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Return of the Jedi, Selena join Library of Congress for 'cultural, historic' significance
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There won't be an In Memoriam segment at the 2021 Golden Globes — here's why
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Revisiting Sounder: Cicely Tyson's first Oscar nod
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Watch Cicely Tyson celebrate life in final interview before her death
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Viola Davis, LeVar Burton, and more honor the late, great Cicely Tyson: 'An artist of the highest order'
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Cicely Tyson, Hollywood legend and trailblazer, dies at 96
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The Simpsons, When They See Us, Succession, and more honored by Peabody Awards
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Xosha Roquemore on her new Ava DuVernay series Cherish the Day
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Tyler Perry's Netflix thriller A Fall From Grace gets tense first trailer
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Charlie's Angels costar Jaclyn Smith remembers Farrah Fawcett in TV special marking 10th anniversary of her death
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Cicely Tyson, Kathleen Kennedy break new ground with honorary Oscars
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Kathleen Kennedy to become first woman to receive the Academy's Thalberg Award
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Last Flag Flying: Steve Carell is comforted by a soldier's memories in touching clip
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How to Get Away with Murder: Cicely Tyson set to return in season 2
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Cicely Tyson and James Earl Jones team up for Broadway's 'The Gin Game'
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Murder's mom comes to town
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'A Raisin in the Sun': Who's joining Denzel Washington?
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Tony Awards 2013: Who will win?
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Cicely Tyson stars in 'Trip to Bountiful'