At age 96, Cicely Tyson added another accomplishment to her extraordinary career. Tyson's memoir, Just As I Am, was published just days before her death, according to The New York Daily News. Her relationship with Miles Davis is a big part of the book.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Tyson's book outlines Davis' infidelity, which led to their first breakup. A few years later, Davis and Tyson found each other again, but the musician struggled with a cocaine addiction (as per the Los Angeles Times). Davis and Tyson were married for seven years in the 1980s. Despite allegations of abuse, infidelity, and drug addiction, Tyson defends Davis in her book. Tyson wrote in Just As I Am, "When the world speaks of Miles, the legend, they have no idea who the man really was."
Tyson and Davis divorced in 1989, and the jazz legend died in 1991. Tyson never remarried.
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