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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Private memorial service set for poet Maya Angelou

(AP) – Family, friends and famous admirers including first lady Michelle Obama, former President Bill Clinton and Oprah Winfrey plan to gather for a weekend tribute to poet, orator and sage Maya Angelou.
/ June 7, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

How Maya Angelou made her mark from civil rights to hip-hop

Dr. Maya Angelou was that rare but quintessential artist whose work stayed relevant over time and across generations. By the
/ May 29, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Funeral held for writer-poet-activist Amiri Baraka, founder of Black Arts Movement

NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) — A cacophony of bagpipes, African drums and jazz riffs creatively blended— much like the elements of an Amiri Baraka poem — at the Saturday funeral for the activist-writer and a founder of the Black Arts Movement..,
/ January 18, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

NJ wake set for activist poet-writer Amiri Baraka

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson will be among those honoring activist poet-playwright Amiri Baraka at a wake in New Jersey…
/ January 17, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Amiri Baraka dead: The legendary author and activist was Newark's 'quintessential figure'

OPINION – Lost in the political obscurity of Chris Christie and ‘Traffic-Gate’ was the passing of one of our great literary, political, and cultural figures — Amiri Baraka…
/ January 10, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Amiri Baraka, poet and activist, dead at age 79

(AP) – Amiri Baraka, the militant man of letters and tireless agitator whose blues-based, fist-shaking poems, plays and criticism made him a provocative and groundbreaking force in American culture, has died…
/ January 9, 2014
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Maya Angelou’s words of wisdom: ‘Love is the healing agent’

REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK – At 85 years old, Dr. Angelou confessed to me that she’d tried to write this book years ago but never could…
/ May 28, 2013