Maya Angelou remembered at North Carolina memorial service

New York Daily News - Former President Bill Clinton remembered poet, orator and sage Maya Angelou as a woman who seemed to have lived five lifetimes in one, with a sweeping experience that defined modern America.

Family, friends and famous admirers led by Clinton, first lady Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey gathered in a chapel at Wake Forest University on Saturday to remember Angelou, one of the 20th century's most famous black writers.

Angelou died May 28 at age 86 after a remarkable life with important roles in civil rights and the arts.  Read more.


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