Maya Angelou pictured at the opening of ''Beloved'' at the Ziefield Theatre in NYC on 10/08/98. Photo
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Photo Flashback: Remembering Maya Angelou
As BroadwayWorld reported yesterday, America's Poet Laureate Maya Angelou has passed away at the age of 86. The poet died last night, May 27th in a Winston-Salem, North Carolina hospital while recovering from an 'unexpected ailment'. She died surrounded by her family. Below, BroadwayWorld remembers the legend.