“I’m devastated.
My heart is just broken.
I loved you so much!!
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You were everything to me!”
Davis wrote alongside a sweet photo of the two hugging.
She continued, “I’m not ready for you to be my angel yet.
In that case, you will be immortal.
Thank you for shifting my life.
Thank you for the long talks.
Thank you for loving me.
“This one cuts deep,” Burton tweeted.
She was as regal as they come.
An artist of the highest order, I will love her forever… “She used her career to illuminate the humanity of Black people.
The roles she played reflected her values; she never compromised.
Her life so fully lived is a testimony to Greatness.”
She called me son.
Always so regal, always so classy, always a lady, always a queen.
Every time we would talk I would ask, ‘How are you?’
and you would say, ‘I’m still here.
He must have something he wants me to do.’
“My heart is heavy.
Rest In Peace…Queen.
You’ve fire off the race & returned home VICTORIOUS!”
Her eyes light up like a teenager and she would say ‘that was a good one’.
You were the ‘Great One’ in your tremendous life.
Love your dearly and Rest In Peace ‘Mother Watts.'”
Like many,How to Get Away with MurdercreatorShonda Rhimesfirst reacted to Tyson’s death in shock.
“I really need this not to be true,” she tweeted when news first broke.
“She was an extraordinary person.
And this is an extraordinary loss,” Rhimes wrote.
“She had so much to teach.
And I still have so much to learn.
I am grateful for every moment.
Her power and grace will be with us forever.”
Tell your friends to do the same.
Cicely Tyson is a national treasure."
Many other stars also remembered Tyson as a trailblazer who helped pave the way for other Black creatives.
Many doors are open because of this very soul.
Thank you for everything, Cicely,“Jackee Harrytweeted.
She also shared photos of the two on the set ofThe Women of Brewster Place.
Insecurestar and writerNatasha Rothwellput it simply and beautifully: “Rest in power, Cicely.
I am because you were.”
Read on for more tributes.
