Wednesday 28 May 2014

Dr. Maya Angelou, Obituary



BBC

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MSN News

10 Questions (YouTube)

On the work of Maya Angelou (pdf file)

Her love of the music of John Lee Hooker and Charlie Parker (go to the top of  Singin' and Swingin' and Getting' Merry Like Christmas)

From 1952-1953 she was married to a sailor, Enistasios (Tosh) Angelos, of Greek origin.

The BBC Obituary states that she took her surname from her first husband, "an aspiring Greek musician called Enistasios Angelos".

John Lee Hooker sings

Charlie Parker plays

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