Tyler Perry, Clintons attend memorial for actor Cicely Tyson
Source: Omaha World Herald-AP
By MARK KENNEDY
NEW YORK (AP) — Tyler Perry and Bill and Hillary Clinton were among the attendees of a private memorial service for Cicely Tyson at Harlem's famed Abyssinian Baptist Church.
Gospel singer Bebe Winans sang “Stand” — a request from Tyson before her death — and a letter was read by rocker Lenny Kravitz, who was a close friend.
“The ceremony was beautiful. It was very Cicely Tyson: It was formal, it was humorous, it was sad, it was glorious,” said Larry Thompson, Tyson's manager for more than 40 years.
Reporters were not permitted inside but several mourners stopped to share their thoughts afterward.
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