Maya Angelou has died.

[Hardbopjazz]

I just heard this on the radio. Poet Maya Angelou has died at 86.

[Leeway]

Here's an Angelou quote that seems appropriate here:

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

RIP

[Hardbopjazz]

Found this confirming she has died.

http://news.yahoo.com/university-poet-author-maya-angelou-dies-86-134624581.html

[clifford_thornton]

Whoa.

[duaneiac]

I've always loved this collaboration with Branford Marsalis.

http://youtu.be/cxQW4rMCRxI

May she rest in peace.

[fasstrack]

RIP, Ms. Angelou.

[page]

Ah, I feel terribly sad hearing about this. I am a big fan of hers.

"'Lying, thinking,
last night;
how to find my soul a home,
where water is not thirsty
and bread loaf is not stone.
I came up with one thing
and I don't believe I'm wrong;
that nobody,
but nobody,
can make it out here alone."

from 'Alone' - Maya Angelou

R.I.P. dear Maya

Edited May 28, 2014 by page

[disaac]

Page -- that's a beautiful choice and one should resonate with everyone -- contrary to the beliefs of some, we are all in this together. One of many wonderful legacies she leaves us.

[Dave Garrett]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNFuxrxfM9c

[Cyril]

So sorry to hear this....

NY Times Obit: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/29/arts/maya-angelou-lyrical-witness-of-the-jim-crow-south-dies-at-86.html?_r=0

RIP, Ms. Angelou