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IMAGO ICONS: Maya Angelou May 28, 2014 - Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S. - FILE - MAYA ANGELOU, renowned as a poet, novelist and actress, died this morning at age 86 at her North Carolina home. One of America s leading literary voices, Angelou was best-known for her 1969 memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. It was the first of seven volumes of autobiography that traced her life from a childhood of abuse and oppression in the Deep South in the 1930s. PICTURED: July 27, 2004 - Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. - Poet and activist MAYA ANGELOU at the 2004 Democratic National Convention held at the Fleet Center. - ZUMAk03

IMAGO ICONS: Maya Angelou May 28, 2014 - Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S. - FILE - MAYA ANGELOU, renowned as a poet, novelist and actress, died this morning at age 86 at her North Carolina home. One of America s leading literary voices, Angelou was best-known for her 1969 memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. It was the first of seven volumes of autobiography that traced her life from a childhood of abuse and oppression in the Deep South in the 1930s. PICTURED: July 27, 2004 - Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. - Poet and activist MAYA ANGELOU at the 2004 Democratic National Convention held at the Fleet Center. - ZUMAk03

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IMAGO ICONS: Maya Angelou May 28, 2014 - Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S. - FILE - MAYA ANGELOU, renowned as a poet, novelist and actress, died this morning at age 86 at her North Carolina home. One of America s leading literary voices, Angelou was best-known for her 1969 memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. It was the first of seven volumes of autobiography that traced her life from a childhood of abuse and oppression in the Deep South in the 1930s. PICTURED: July 27, 2004 - Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. - Poet and activist MAYA ANGELOU at the 2004 Democratic National Convention held at the Fleet Center. - ZUMAk03

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