FILE – In this May 31, 2015 file photo, Cicely Tyson is seen in Beverly Hills, Calif. A list of six Kennedy Center honorees were announced Wednesday, which includes Star Wars creator George Lucas, groundbreaking actresses Rita Moreno and Cicely Tyson, singer Carole King, rock band the Eagles and acclaimed music director Seiji Ozawa. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)
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Actress Cicely Tyson with Miles Davis at Premier of ?Yentl? in November 1983. (AP Photo)
Choreographer Debbie Allen, left, and actress Cicely Tyson attend the opening night of “Cat On A Hot Tin Roof” at the Broadhurst Theatre, Thursday, March 6, 2008, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
Kerry Washington, left, and Cicely Tyson, attend the The Paley Center Tribute to African-American Achievements in Television at Cipriani Wall Street on Wednesday, May 13, 2015, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)
Actress Cicely Tyson takes part in a panel discussion entitled Strategies to Reduce Hunger in America, Wednesday, May 21, 1986 on Capitol Hill, Washington. The Hands Across American project will take place this Sunday. (AP Photo/Lana Harris)
Cicely Tyson arrives at the 41st NAACP Image Awards on Friday, Feb. 26, 2010, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
In this April 5, 2014 photo provided by the National Portrait Gallery, Cicely Tyson, Maya Angelou and Oprah Winfrey pose for a photo backstage at Angelou’s portrait unveiling at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington. Angelou, a Renaissance woman and cultural pioneer, has died, Wake Forest University said in a statement Wednesday, May 28, 2014. She was 86. (Paul Morigi/AP Images for National Portrait Gallery)
Viola Davis and Cicely Tyson arrive at the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday Jan. 29, 2012 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Cicely Tyson, front center, and from left, Harry Belafonte, Laurence Fishburne and Sidney Poitier pose in the audience at the 43rd NAACP Image Awards on Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
FILE – Cicely Tyson models a B. Michael design in The Heart Truth Red Dress collection during Fashion Week in New York, Feb. 13, 2009. Tyson, the pioneering Black actress who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers’ hearts in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” has died. She was 96. Tyson’s death was announced by her family, via her manager Larry Thompson, who did not immediately provide additional details. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
Kennedy Center Honorees for 2015, from left, Carole King, Cicely Tyson, and Seiji Ozawa hold hands as they sit for a group photo following the State Department Dinner for the Kennedy Center Honors on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
FILE – Cicely Tyson places her hands in cement at her Hand and Footprint Ceremony on April 27, 2018, in Los Angeles. Tyson, the pioneering Black actress who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers’ hearts in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” has died. She was 96. Tyson’s death was announced by her family, via her manager Larry Thompson, who did not immediately provide additional details. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)
President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to actress Cicely Tyson during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Actress Cicely Tyson’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is pictured, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020, in Los Angeles. Tyson, the pioneering Black actress who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers’ hearts in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” has died. She was 96. Tyson’s death was announced by her family, via her manager Larry Thompson, who did not immediately provide additional details. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
FILE – Cicely Tyson poses with her Emmy statuettes at the annual Emmy Awards presentation in Los Angeles, Ca., May 28, 1974. Tyson won for her role in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman” for actress of the year, special, and best lead actress in a television drama for a special program. Tyson, the pioneering Black actress who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers’ hearts in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” has died. She was 96. Tyson’s death was announced by her family, via her manager Larry Thompson, who did not immediately provide additional details. (AP Photo, File)
Cicely Tyson, famous actress and public figure, shown in a June, 1981 photo, is also a self-proclaimed ?private person? who treasurers quiet moments and discourages autograph seekers. (AP Photo/Perez)
Actress Cicely Tyson arrives at the unveiling of director and producer Tyler Perry’s new motion picture and television studio in Atlanta on Saturday Oct. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/W.A.Harewood)
FILE – Cicely Tyson arrives at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards on Sept. 20, 2009, in Los Angeles. Tyson, the pioneering Black actress who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers’ hearts in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” has died. She was 96. Tyson’s death was announced by her family, via her manager Larry Thompson, who did not immediately provide additional details. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)
FILE – Honoree Cicely Tyson arrives at the Essence Third Annual “Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon” in Beverly Hills, Calif. on March 4, 2010. Tyson, the pioneering Black actress who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in “Sounder,” a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers’ hearts in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” has died. She was 96. Tyson’s death was announced by her family, via her manager Larry Thompson, who did not immediately provide additional details. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)
