Maya Angelou Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Death Cause, Dress Size, Contact Details, Spouse(Husband), Bio & More
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
REAL NAME
Marguerite Annie Johnson
BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Wednesday
BIRTHPLACE
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
DIED AT AGE
86 Years 1 Months 24 Days
DEATHDATE
May 28, 2014
DEATHPLACE
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
NATIONALITY
PROFESSION
ZODIAC
ARIES
ALSO NOTED FOR
Author, Civil Rights Activist
Physical Stats
WAIST
N/A
Hip
N/A
DRESS SIZE
N/A
HEIGHT
6'1''(feet & inches)
1.8542 meters
185.42 cm
WEIGHT
N/A
Maya Angelou Family Members
Parents
MOTHER
Vivian Baxter Johnson
BROTHER(S) NAME
Maya Angelou Marriage, Affairs and Children
SPOUSE
Enistasious Tosh Angelos (1951-1954)
SPOUSE
Paul du Feu (1973-1981)
Fame & Address
SIGNATURE
DEBUT
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969)
FAMOUS FROM/AS
Series of Seven Autobiographies
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Education, Net Worth & More
SCHOOLING FROM
George Washington High School, California Labor School
NET WORTH
$10 Million
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Some Lesser Known Facts About Maya Angelou
- Did Maya Angelou takes alcohol? Yes.
- When she was in teenage for study dance and drama she got the scholarship and to become the first African-American female cable car conductor she dropped the school when she was just 14.
- She gave birth to his only child when she was just 16 years old but she never revealed that how many marriages she has done.
- She never attends the college but still, she got the 50 honorary degrees for her work.
- She had an allergy from the seafood.
- On her birthday her good friend Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed. So due to that, she stopped celebrating her birthday and used to send flowers to his door.
- She met Malcolm in 1964 when the civil rights were on its highest place and after meeting him she decided to join the Afro-American Unity whose work was to fight for the black people. But in 1965 after entering of her in the organization the Malcolm was killed by someone.
- She was a great lover of Country music. the singers whom she used to listen the most were Blake Shelton, Jennifer Nettles from Sugarland, Carrie Underwood, and Montgomery Gentry.
- In 1986 she got the award of Women's International Center (WIC) Living Legacy.
- On January 20, 1993, she was the second poet who was selected to compose a poem and deliver in the President Bill Clinton inauguration.
- In 1957 for the liberty records she records one album named 'Miss Calypso'.
- She was able to speak many languages fluently which included: Arabic, Spanish, Italian and West African Fanti
- In 1998 she was introduced into National Women's Hall of fame and in 2011 by the President Barack Obama, she got the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
- Was Maya Angelou in the habit of Smoking? NA.
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