Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson (1924 - 2021)
==Film Deaths==
*Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) [Sipsey]: Dies (off-screen), presumably of old age/natural causes, in the interim between the flashbacks and the present-day framing sequence.
*The Help (2011) [Constantine Bates]: Dies (off screen) of old age a few months before the film begins; her death is revealed when Allison Janney tells Emma Stone (Tyson is only seen in flashback).
==Television Deaths==
*Ms. Scrooge (1997 TV) [Ebenita Scrooge]: Is shown a vision of the future where she dies of a heart attack; this future is undone after Cicely changes her ways. 
*Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999) [Emily Lincoln]: Dies of starvation and/or dust inhalation (unclear what she actually dies of), while having her legs trapped in fallen wood from the earthquake. Her body is later seen in the episode when her son (Charles S. Dutton) comes in.
*How to Get Away with Murder: Stay (2020) [Ophelia Harkness]: Dies of natural causes.
==Notable Relations==
* Ex-Mrs. Miles Davis (famed Jazz Musician) 
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