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Person    | Female  Born 4/4/1928  Died 28/5/2014

Maya Angelou

Categories: Gender Issues, Poetry

Countries: USA

Maya Angelou

Author and poet.  Born Marguerite Ann Johnson in St Louis, Missouri, USA.

She died, aged 86 years, on 28 May 2014 at her home in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA. Her body was and the ashes were scattered.

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Maya Angelou

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Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence

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Leonard Montefiore

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Annie Kenney

Annie Kenney

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Sarah Parker Remond

Sarah Parker Remond

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