Dr. Maya Angelou and Richard Parsons attending The Abyssinian Development Corporation''s (ADC) Tenth Annual Renaissance Day of Commitment Leadership Breakfast at City College in Harlem, New York City..June 15, 2004..© Walter McBride / Photo

From: Photo Flashback: Remembering Maya Angelou

As BroadwayWorld reported yesterday, America's Poet Laureate Maya Angelou has passed away at the age of 86. The poet died last night, May 27th in a Winston-Salem, North Carolina hospital while recovering from an 'unexpected ailment'. She died surrounded by her family. Below, BroadwayWorld remembers the legend.