Maya Angelou Has Passed Away

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/28/14 at 9:34am

I just saw a report saying she has died. Such an incredibly sad day...

[Eris0303]

Posted: 5/28/14 at 9:35am

RIP
U.S. AUTHOR, POET MAYA ANGELOU HAS DIED AT AGE 86 IN NORTH CAROLINA

[NYadgal]

Posted: 5/28/14 at 9:37am

CNN is reporting it now.

Rest in great peace, Ms. Angelou. Rest in great, great peace.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 5/28/14 at 9:38am

She has left behind a wonderful legacy! R.I.P. and thank-you!

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 5/28/14 at 9:49am

One of my personal heroes. R.I.P.

[James885]

Posted: 5/28/14 at 9:58am

Very sad to hear this.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 5/28/14 at 10:01am

May light perpetual shine upon her.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 5/28/14 at 10:04am

Amen.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 5/28/14 at 10:13am

She was one of those (very few) people I just sort of assumed would always be around, to inspire us, comfort us, and make us think.

And, of course, in a very important way, she will.

[blacktie]

Posted: 5/28/14 at 10:14am

She will be missed and forever cherished.

It would have been fitting to have this in the main forum...1973 Tony nominee for Best Featured Actress.

[GlindatheGood22]

Posted: 5/28/14 at 10:20am

I'm so saddened by this. A very great lady.

[NYadgal]

Posted: 5/28/14 at 10:33am

The tributes that are pouring in from around the world are awe-inspiring.

What a great, great legacy.

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 5/28/14 at 10:36am

Another treasure leaves us. RIP.

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 5/28/14 at 10:52am

Very, very sad to hear this news. I've always loved her life story ever since I read and watched the book and film adaptations of 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'. She left behind such a legacy. RIP.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 5/28/14 at 10:56am

And we should remember on this board that she was a singer and a dancer (she studied with Martha Graham!) and an actress before she became a writer and a poet and a sage.

She played Carla in an international touring company of Porgy and Bess in 1954. She played in London, at La Scala, in Moscow and in the Middle East. Truman Capote traveled with them and wrote about it in "The Muses Are Calling."

This is one of my favorite photographs of her, with James Baldwin:

Updated On: 5/28/14 at 10:56 AM

[wexy]

Posted: 5/28/14 at 11:15am

86 is a good run. May she rest in peace...

[PalJoey]

Posted: 5/28/14 at 12:26pm

From the poem "On the Pulse of Morning," read by Dr. Angelou at Bill Clinton's inauguration:

http://youtu.be/59xGmHzxtZ4



There is a true yearning to respond to
The singing River and the wise Rock.
So say the Asian, the Hispanic, the Jew
The African, the Native American, the Sioux,
The Catholic, the Muslim, the French, the Greek
The Irish, the Rabbi, the Priest, the Sheik,
The Gay, the Straight, the Preacher,
The privileged, the homeless, the Teacher.
They hear. They all hear
The speaking of the Tree.

[HorseTears]

Posted: 5/28/14 at 2:05pm

She was one of those (very few) people I just sort of assumed would always be around, to inspire us, comfort us, and make us think.

REG - I know exactly what you mean. I felt the same way. I moved to the US as a 9 year old and I recall seeing her first on these grainy PBS educational videos that our teachers would sometimes play -- videos from the early 70s. To me, it felt like she always existed, always would.


I know everyone's going gaga over Maya Angelou quotes, but this is one of my favorites. I think it applies to all human connection, but it perhaps has special meaning to creative artists:

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

[Hulmeman]

Posted: 5/28/14 at 5:32pm

A great human being, a very important voice and Maya Angelou will live on like all great people.

[strummergirl]

Posted: 5/28/14 at 5:41pm

RIP

I honestly thought she was immortal.

[IAMWHATIAM]

Posted: 5/28/14 at 5:44pm

She definitely left this world a better place than she found it. RIP to an inspired and inspiring icon.

[javero]

Posted: 5/28/14 at 6:49pm

She's already missed.

[fflagg]

Posted: 5/28/14 at 8:33pm

Class. Compassion. Wisdom.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 5/28/14 at 10:56pm

We should all take a page from her book, right fflagg?

[The Josh]

Posted: 5/29/14 at 1:36am

Dr Angelou was a true renaissance woman.
A few of her accomplishments summed up in The Onion, of all places.