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Maya Angelou, Vaunted Poet and Essayist and Tony Nominee, Dies at 86 by Robert Simonson

Maya Angelou, the celebrated poet, playwright and essayist who told of her experiences growing up in the pre-Civil-Rights-era South through seven autobiographies, died May 28 at her home in Winston-Salem, NC. She was 86.

SOURCE: Playbill at 11:06AM on May 28, 2014

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