Acclaimed American poet and author Maya Angelou, who survived the harshest of childhoods to become a force on stage, screen and the printed page, has died. She was 86. Angelou “passed quietly" at her ...

Maya Angelou, the iconic author and activist whose career spanned decades, has died at the age of 86, her publicist confirmed on Wednesday morning. Angelou found in home this morning, in Winston-Salem ...

At a memorial service for poet Maya Angelou, First Lady Michelle Obama said Angelou's writings first inspired her as a young ...

Issa Rae credits Maya Angelou's advice about always trusting your instincts as a guiding principle in her life and career "My girl Maya says when someone shows you they are, believe them the first ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., May 28 (Reuters) - U.S. author and poet Maya Angelou has died at age 86 in North Carolina, local media reported on Wednesday, citing her agent and a local official. Angelou ...

Celebrated African-American author, poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou died early yesterday, her family said. She was 86. Angelou is best known for memoirs that focused on her childhood and ...