The world has lost a true legend as Hollywood icon Cicely Tyson died at the age of 96. The pioneering African American actress -- who gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper's wife in “Sounder,” won a Tony Award in 2013 at age 88 and touched TV viewers' hearts in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" -- was in the middle of promoting her new memoir, "Just As I Am," when she quietly passed away.
