Maya Angelou Dies At Age 86
ABC News confirmed Maya Angelou has died at the age of 86.
According to her agent, Helen Brann, the noted author and poet died near her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina early Wednesday morning.
“She’d been very frail and had heart problems, but she was going strong, finishing a new book,” Brann told ABC News. “I spoke to her yesterday. She was fine, as she always was. Her spirit was indomitable.”
This story will be updated here later today as more details become available.