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As you may have heard, author, poet and activist Maya Angelou, 86, died yesterday at her home in North Carloina. Angelou, who had worked as a singer, dancer, director, playwright and poet, was best known for her book I Know Why the Caged Bird Signs, a 1969 publication which recounted her sexual abuse and caught the attentions of all Americans.