Oprah Pens Open Letter Mourning Loss of Maya Angelou: ‘I loved her & I know she loved me.’

learn, teach. When you get, give’ is one of my best lessons from her. She won three Grammys, spoke six languages and was the second poet in history to recite a poem at a presidential inauguration. But what stands out to me most about Maya Angelou is not what she has done or written or spoken, it’s how she lived her life. She moved through the world with unshakeable calm, confidence and a fierce grace. I loved her and I know she loved me. I will profoundly miss her. She will always be the rainbow in my clouds.

As previously reported, Angelou died Wednesday at the age of 86 in her North Carolina home.

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