Maya Angelou, writer and poet, dies at age 86

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Click Here to Read and View:  Maya Angelou, writer and poet, dies at age 86 by Emma Brown in The Washington Post on May 28, 2014.

Video:  Maya Angelou, one of America’s most celebrated poets, novelists and civil-rights activists has passed away. Angelou, who served on two Presidential committees and was awarded numerous awards, was 86 years old.

Click Here to Read:  Maya Angelou, Lyrical Witness of the Jim Crow South, Dies at 86 By Margalit Fox in The New York Times on  May 28, 2014.

The brash matinee idol who treated life as a metaphor

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Click Here to Read:  The brash matinee idol who treated life as a metaphor Assi Dayan, the son of a revered general, wanted to show that Israel was more than just ‘grapefruit and soldiers’ BY Jessica Steinberg on the Times of Israel website on May 1, 2014.

Assi Dayan, in 2013, still working, staging, directing (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash 90)

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