Cicely Tyson (December 19, 1924 – January 28, 2021)
(Fox News) – Cicely Tyson, the groundbreaking Emmy and Tony
award-winning actress, has died. The acting icon passed away
on Thursday afternoon. No cause or location was given.
Cicely Tyson holding a baby in a scene from the TV movie: Roots.
Cloris Leachman (April 30, 1926 – January 26, 2021)
A representative for the Oscar and Emmy-winning actress
of stage and screen confirmed to Fox News that she died
of natural causes on Wednesday in Encinitas, Calif. She
was 94.
Betty Marion White Ludden
Actress and comedian Betty White, with a television career
spanning over 80 years, has worked longer in that medium
than anyone else in the television industry. She is regarded
as a pioneer of television, and was one of the first women
to exert control in front of and behind the camera and is
recognized as the first woman to produce a sitcom (Life
with Elizabeth),[which contributed to her receiving the
honorary title Mayor of Hollywood in 1955.
Betty White (center) on The Mary Tyler Moore Show which
aired on CBS from 1970 – 1977.
Dawn Elberta Wells (October 18, 1938 – December 30. 2020)
(Fox News) – Dawn Wells, who famously played Mary Ann Summers,
on “Gilligan’s Island” has died. Her publicist said the actress died
in Los Angeles of COVID-19 related causes Wednesday morning.
Wells starred as the unapologetic “good girl” who was stranded
on an island with six other castaways. “Gilligan’s Island“ ran from
1964 to 1967 on CBS – for three seasons – and yet it has never
gone off the air. It continues to be screened across the world in
over 30 languages.
