Cicely Tyson Public Viewing Set By Family For Mid-Month

The family of Cicely Tyson has announced that the late actress will have an official public viewing on Monday, February 15, 2021, 10 AM-6 PM ET.

Tyson will be lying in repose at Abyssinian Baptist Church, 132 Odell Clark Place (formerly 138th St.) between Lenox Avenue and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd. New York, NY 10030.

Covid-19 protocols will be in place for this walk-by. Masks and social-distancing are mandatory, and no photographs will be permitted.

Tyson died January 28 at age 96. She gained an Oscar nomination for her role as the sharecropper’s wife in the film Sounder and won a Tony Award in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.