Toni Vaz, an actor and activist who created the NAACP Image Awards, died on Oct. 4 in Woodland Hills, Calif. She was 101. Vaz's parents immigrated to the U.S. from Barbados and she was one of four siblings raised in New York City in the 1950s.

Hollywood icon Toni Vaz, best known for her trailblazing onscreen stunt work, has died aged 101. A spokesperson confirmed Vaz died on October 4 on the Motion Picture Fund campus in Woodland Hills where she was a longtime ‘beloved’ resident. No cause of death has been revealed.

Toni Vaz, a trailblazing actor and stunt double, has died at the age of 101. The Motion Picture & Television Fund confirmed her passing ..|News Track

The trailblazer, who worked as an actress, stuntwoman and extra, appeared in more than 50 films and shows like 'The Singing Nun,' 'Tarzan, the Ape Man' and as Cicely Tyson's double in 'Mission: Impossible.

Veteran Toni Vaz passed away at the age of 101 on October 4, a representative for the Motion Picture & Television Fund confirmed. The actor cum stunt performer, who pioneered the NAACP Image Awards, departed at the Motion Picture Fund campus in Woodland Hills,

Toni Vaz — a trailblazing stunt performer, actress and activist, who also founded the NAACP Image Awards — has died at 101. She died Oct. 4 in Woodland Hills, according to a spokesperson for Vaz, at the Motion Picture & Television Fund assisted living ...

Actor-stuntwoman Toni Vaz has died on October 04. She was 101. A cause of death is yet to be determined. Vaz shifted from the East Coast to Los Angeles to become an actor and stunt performer in the 1950s,

Toni Vaz, a screen veteran, has passed away at the age of 101. As per a representative for the Motion Picture & Television Fund, Toni breathed her last on October 4. No cause of death was provided, The Hollywood Reporter reported.