In this file photo US President Barack Obama presents actress Cicely Tyson with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, during a ceremony honoring 21 recipients, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, November 22, 2016.
Actress Cicely Tyson has died, she was 96, her manager announced today, January 28. / AFP / Nicholas KammActress Cicely Tyson, who specialized in portraying strong black women caught in struggles during a 60-year career that earned her Emmy and Tony awards, died on Thursday at age 96, Hollywood publication Variety reported.for playing a Louisiana sharecropper’s wife. -