Tony Nominee Maya Angelou, Celebrated Poet & Author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Dies at 86
Celebrated American poet and author Maya Angelou passed away on May 28 in her Winston-Salem, North Carolina home. She was 86. The New York Times reports that her death was confirmed by Angelou’s literary agent, Helen Brann. While Angelou’s most well known work may be I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, her first of seven autobiographies, she was also an acclaimed performer. She was a student of modern dan…