Memorial Service for MAYA ANGELOU to Be Live Streamed This Saturday

Dr. Maya Angelou's family has arranged a private memorial service at North Carolina's Wake Forest University's Wait Chapel on Saturday, June 7 at 10 a.m. The author began teaching at the University in 1982.

Due to limited seating capacity, the family has decided to have a closed service for family and friends only. Wake Forest University will livestream the service for the public.

The family will be planning additional celebrations of her life in other cities across the country. Her son, Guy B. Johnson, will release information about these destinations at a later date.

Angelou died Wednesday at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, at the age 86. She was known as a literary pioneer and protector of civil rights. Angelou has received more than 30 honorary degrees from universities worldwide. She is perhaps best known for her 1969 book "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", which tells of her life up to the age of seventeen, and brought her international recognition and acclaim.

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