Category: Award-Winning Actor

Ian Alexander Jr., Only Child of Regina King, Dies at Age 26

NEW YORK—Ian Alexander Jr., the only child of award-winning actor and director Regina King, has died. He turned 26 on Wednesday. “Our family is devastated at the deepest level by the loss of Ian,” a family statement shared Saturday by a King spokesman said. “He is such a bright light who cared so deeply about…


Award-Winning Actress Cicely Tyson Dies at Age 96

NEW YORK—Cicely Tyson, the pioneering actor 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,” died Thursday at age 96. Tyson’s death was announced by her family, via her manager…


Cicely Tyson, Groundbreaking Award-Winning Actor, Dies at Age 96

NEW YORK—Cicely Tyson, the pioneering actor 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,” died Thursday at age 96. Tyson’s death was announced by her family, via her manager…