Maya Angelou, Marguerite Ann Johnson, Marguerite Annie Johnson, Angelou, Maya, Dr Maya Angelou, Dr. George Washington High School, California Labor School Playwright, Actor, Television producer, Film director, Film Producer, Poet, Author, Professor, Screenwriter, Dancer May 28, 2014, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States Maya passed away on in her Winston-Salem home at the age of 86 from a mystery illness, according to her agent.Īpril 4, 1928, St. Angelou never earned a degree, which make her achievements even more impressive. In the former she had a library of various books and pieces of art she gathered over the years. Maya owned houses in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and in Harlem. Angelou‘s had one son, Guy, and she described his birth in her autobiography. She also was in a relationship with Vuszumzi Make around 1961, but they never got married. Maya was married twice – first to Tosh Angelos in 1951, then to Paul du Feu in 1973. She has been awarded with over 50 honorary degrees including the National Medal of Arts in 2000, the Lincoln Medal in 2008, the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama in 2011, a Pulitzer Prize nomination for her poem collection Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ‘fore I Diiie, a Tony Award nomination for her performance in a play called Look Away in 1973.
Maya also read her most well known poem, On The Pulse of Morning at Presidential inauguration of Bill Clinton in 1993. Oprah Winfrey calls Maya her idol and they met while Oprah was a news reporter in Baltimore. These creations contributed a lot to Maya‘s total net worth.Īngelou was recognized by many celebrities. Her other literaly work includes three essay books, various poetry books and scripts for plays, movies and television shows. Her other autobiographies were also well received. Not only was this book a bestseller worldwide in it‘s time, but also accepted as a recommended read in high schools. This was a breakthrough for her popularity and net worth-wise. This proved to be a great career move, as shown by the success of her very first autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, telling the story of her life up to the age of 17, was published in 1969. After that she moved to New York to focus on her writing.
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She also appeared on a TV show Porgy and Bess in 1959. Her first album Miss Calypso was recorded in 1957 and she also appeared in an off-Broadway revue Calypso Heat Wave the same year where she performed her own songs. Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X from her participation as a civil rights activist, while she drew inspiration from authors such as Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Spencer and William Shakespeare. Maya knew and was friends with with people like Dr. Maya Angelou Net Worth $10 MillionĪngelou‘s net worth mainly comes from her writing career, specifically her autobiographies, but her work as a singer, poet, teacher, actress and even film producer and director contributed to the total amount. When Maya was three and her brother four, their parents got divorced and the children were sent to Stamps, Arkansas to their grandmother, Annie Henderson, who ran a general store. Her mother was Vivian Baxter Johnson, a nurse and card dealer, and her father was Bailey Johnson, a navy dietitian and doorman. Louis, Missoury and died on in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Maya Angelou, born Marguarite Ann Johnson, was an American author, actress, singer, poet, teacher, public speaker and a civil rights activist with a net worth of $10 million. Maya Angelou net worth is $10 Million Maya Angelou Wiki Biography
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