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LOS ANGELES (AP) — In the nearly 30-year friendship that Tavis Smiley shared with Maya Angelou, he learned the renowned writer’s views on life and how to live it to the fullest. One year after Angelou’s death, TV and radio host Smiley is joining with Tony Award- winning director Kenny Leon to develop a stage […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Nobel laureate Toni Morrison were among the expected speakers at a tribute to Maya Angelou, the author, poet and stage performer who died earlier this year. The event was to be held Friday morning at The Riverside Church in Manhattan, a few blocks […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the death of poet and author Maya Angelou has dimmed “one of the brightest lights of our time.” Obama said in a statement that he and first lady Michelle Obama will cherish the time they spent with Angelou. He said Angelou had the ability to remind […]

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NEW YORK (AP) — Maya Angelou was gratified, but not surprised by her extraordinary fortune. “I’m not modest,” she told The Associated Press in 2013. “I have no modesty. Modesty is a learned behavior. But I do pray for humility, because humility comes from the inside out.” Her story awed millions. The young single mother […]