Her longtime manager Larry Thompson confirmed the news.
Today she placed the last ornament, a Star, on top of the tree."
Tyson won again for Supporting Actress in 1994, for her work inOldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All.
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The role earned her five Emmy nominations for Best Performance by a Guest Actress.
She reprised the role for a television adaptation, which earned her yet another Emmy nomination.
Last year, she received a career achievement honor from the Peabody Awards.
But she returned triumphantly to feature film inSounder, earning her sole Academy Award nomination.
From there on, she worked steadily in both television and film.
Tyson also played an attorney on NBC’s short-lived 1995 civil rights legal dramaSweet Justice.
In 1983, she returned to Broadway to appear in a revival ofThe Corn is Green.
She took her final turn on Broadway in 2015’sThe Gin Game.
Tyson was notably connected to jazz icon Miles Davis.
They first began dating in the 1960s, and he used a photo of her for his 1967 albumSorcerer.
They split, but reunited in 1978, and they were were married from 1981 to 1988.
Tyson had no children but is survived by her niece Cathy Tyson.
