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Shonda Rhimes, Zendaya, Rosario Dawson and more took to social media to pay tribute to the actress who made television history while forging a sterling career out of portraying women of strength and substance.

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00:00Cicely Tyson, the Oscar-nominated actress who made television history, died Thursday.

00:05She was 96.

00:08The admired actress's career spanned more than six decades, with roles in multiple critically

00:13acclaimed projects such as 1972's Sounder and 1977's Roots.

00:18Tyson died two days after her memoir, Just As I Am, was published.

00:23She gave her last interviews about the book, including a sit-down with Gayle King.

00:27Tyson became the first Black woman to win a Lead Actress Emmy Award, when she was recognized

00:32for her astonishing performance as a woman who ages from 23 to 110 in the 1974 CBS telefilm

00:39The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.

00:41You know what you put all these candles on this cake for?

00:45Never mind, just blow them out.

00:47No, I ain't got enough breath to be blowing out these candles.

00:52Among her many notable roles, her career saw her bring distinction to the legacy of several

00:57real-life American heroines, including Coretta Scott King in the 1978 miniseries King, educator

01:03Marva Collins in the 1981 telefilm The Marva Collins Story, and Harriet Tubman in the 1978

01:09series A Woman Called Moses.

01:11In recent years, she appeared in several Tyler Perry films, as well as played a beloved maid

01:15in The Help, a Texas congresswoman in Netflix's House of Cards, and Viola Davis' mother on ABC's

01:22how to get away with murder.

01:23You never love yourself.

01:25If you hurt people and me, we're both loyal to her.

01:34Davis, Shonda Rhimes, and more stars paid tribute to Tyson on social media.

01:38Davis wrote,

01:39I'm devastated.

01:40My heart is just broken.

01:41I loved you so much.

01:43You were everything to me.

01:44You made me feel loved and seen and valued in a world where there is still a cloak of invisibility

01:49for us dark chocolate girls.

01:51You gave me permission to dream.

01:53Shonda Rhimes said,

01:54She was an extraordinary person, and this is such an extraordinary loss.

01:58She had so much to teach, and I still have so much to learn.

02:01I'm grateful for every moment.

02:03Her power and grace will be with us forever.

02:05Zendaya tweeted,

02:06This one hurts.

02:07Today we honor and celebrate the life of one of the greatest to ever do it.

02:11Thank you, Cicely Tyson.

02:12Rest in great power.

02:14Gabrielle Union wrote,

02:15We have lost a visionary, a leader, a lover, an author, an icon, and one of the most talented

02:20actresses the world has ever seen.

02:22A life, a career, a fire to be celebrated forevermore.

02:26Rosario Dawson said,

02:27Greatness incarnate.

02:28I'm so grateful I got to see her perform live.

02:31Thank you dear Cicely for shining so bright and full every day for us all.

02:35Hashtag legends never die.

02:37And Robin Roberts tweeted,

02:38Incredibly sad to learn of the passing of Cicely Tyson.

02:41She was a true icon in many ways.

02:43Whenever you were graced to be in her presence, it was an unforgettable blessing.

02:47My heart goes out to her family and loved ones.

02:50For more tributes and more on the life and career of Cicely Tyson, go to THR.com.

02:55For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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