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The family of Cicely Tyson has announced that the late actress will have an official public viewing on from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday, February 15, in New York City. Tyson will be lying in repose at Abyssinian Baptist Church, 132 Odell Clark Place (formerly 138th St). Covid-19 protocols will be in place for this walk-by…

Stars in the House, the popular YouTube series known for reuniting classic TV and Broadway casts, will be hosted every Tuesday in February by prominent members of the Black theatre community, kicking off tonight with a tribute to the late Cicely Tyson. The monthlong weekly takeover by the group Black Theatre United…

Saturday Night Live celebrated the late Cicely Tyson during the closing of its first show of 2021. After Krasinski and Chloe Fineman performed their final skit of the evening (a version of Disney’s Ratatouille with an adult spin), the NBC sketch show displayed an SNL title card featuring the trailblazing…

OWN will honor the memory of actress Cicely Tyson this weekend with two re-airings of Oprah's Master Class: Cicely Tyson, a 2014 conversation that sees her look back at her most valuable life lessons. The programs will air Saturday, January 30 at 10:00 PM ET/PT and Sunday, January 31 at 11:00 AM ET/PT on…

Mere hours after Cicely Tyson's death, the multi-award winning actress' just-published memoir is the bestselling book in America. Released on January 26, Just As I Am has hit No. 1 on Amazon. However, it looks like you won’t be able to get your hands on the book anytime soon. Published by HarperCollins, the 432-page…

On Wednesday, Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest interviewed Cicely Tyson for a pre-taped show airing Friday, Jan. 29. Tyson died Thursday at 96. The producers decided to go ahead with the programming. The interview aired on Friday in national syndication. A statement from the program said, “The Live with Kelly and Ryan…

Cicely Tyson gave several interviews in the days before her death, timed to the release Tuesday of her memoir “Just As I Am”. She most recently spoke with Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest on Live with Kelly and Ryan on Wednesday, one day before she died at the age of 96. The episode was pre-taped and aired this…

Honorary Oscar winner Cicely Tyson passed today at the age of 96. During a career that spanned seven decades, Tyson appeared in dozens of films, TV series, telefilms and on Broadway, winning a Tony Award for The Trip to Bountiful in 2013. She might be best known to younger audiences for her role in the hit ABC drama Ho…

Refresh for updates… The death of Cicely Tyson today saw a profuse outpouring of praise and reminiscence across the generations for the regal Roots and Sounder star. The loss resonated across the generations, as Euphoria‘s Zendaya posted just minutes after the official news: This one hurts, today we honor and…

Cicely Tyson, the pioneering Honorary Oscar winner who starred in Sounder and The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and earned five Emmy noms for her recurring role on How to Get Away with Murder, died today. She was 96. Click on the picture above for a photo gallery of her career. Tyson’s manager Larry Thompson…

Cicely Tyson, whose more than seven decades of work across stage, screen and TV includes iconic small-screen roles as Jane Pittman, Coretta Scott King and the mother of Rosa Parks, was unveiled Monday as the recipient of the Peabody Awards’ Career Achievement Award. The honor is bestowed on individuals whose work and…

EXCLUSIVE: In Living Color alumna Anne-Marie Johnson is set to recur in the second half of the sixth and final season of ABC’s How to Get Away With Murder. In addition, Cicely Tyson will reprise her role as Ophelia Harkness, the mother of Annalise Keating (Viola Davis), when the series returns next week. Johnson will…