Maya Angelou with her then husband, Paul Du Feu (via Pinterest) Angelou would later tell all who asked that she and Paul married three times because they loved each other that much.

Literary giant Maya Angelou (c.) remembered songwriter Valerie Simpson (l., with her late husband Nick Ashford) in her will. “We just had Thanksgiving with the family, and Guy didn’t say ...

Riffing off her ex-husband’s last name and her brother’s nicknames for her, she began performing as Maya Angelou. She won a role in a touring production of “Porgy and Bess” and performed ...

Author and activist Maya Angelou has died at the age of 86. Here are eight facts you might not have know about this cultural icon. 1. ... Maya, with a version of her ex-husband’s last name. 2.

Maya Angelou wrote six friends into her will, reports The New York Daily News.According to papers filed in Manhattan Surrogate’s Court, the late poet, who passed away earlier this year, left six ...

Maya Angelou, Poet, ... a version of her first husband's name. Angelou left a troubled childhood and the segregated world of Arkansas behind and began a career as a dancer and singer.

Maya Angelou was gratified, ... "Angelou" a variation of her husband's name), she toured in "Porgy and Bess" and Jean Genet's "The Blacks" and danced with Alvin Ailey.

Her mother got up with her at 4:00 a.m. for her daybreak shifts and trailed her in her car “with her pistol on the passenger seat” to keep an eye on her. Maya Angelou during an interview in ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (CBS SF) — Author and poet Maya Angelou, who spent her formative years in the San Francisco Bay Area becoming a force on stage, screen and the printed page, has died. She was 86.

The late Maya Angelou began her professional career as a singer. Released in 1957, her one and only album, "Miss Calypso," featured a cover photo of the future poetry giant in an alluring red ...

Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines confirmed Angelou was found by her caretaker on Wednesday morning Award-winning author, renowned poet, civil rights activist and one of the most respected voices ...

Maya Got Her Confidence From Her Father Angelou revealed that when her father returned from WWI, he was incredibly proud. “My father came back much too grand for his skin,” she said.