Obama Remembers Maya Angelou: 'One Of The Brightest Lights Of Our Time'

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Obama Remembers Maya Angelou: 'One Of The Brightest Lights Of Our Time'

President Obama on Wednesday released a statement honoring author and poet Maya Angelou, who passed away on Wednesday morning.

When her friend Nelson Mandela passed away last year, Maya Angelou wrote that “No sun outlasts its sunset, but will rise again, and bring the dawn.”

Today, Michelle and I join millions around the world in remembering one of the brightest lights of our time – a brilliant writer, a fierce friend, and a truly phenomenal woman. Over the course of her remarkable life, Maya was many things – an author, poet, civil rights activist, playwright, actress, director, composer, singer and dancer. But above all, she was a storyteller – and her greatest stories were true. A childhood of suffering and abuse actually drove her to stop speaking – but the voice she found helped generations of Americans find their rainbow amidst the clouds, and inspired the rest of us to be our best selves. In fact, she inspired my own mother to name my sister Maya.

Like so many others, Michelle and I will always cherish the time we were privileged to spend with Maya. With a kind word and a strong embrace, she had the ability to remind us that we are all God’s children; that we all have something to offer. And while Maya’s day may be done, we take comfort in knowing that her song will continue, “flung up to heaven” – and we celebrate the dawn that Maya Angelou helped bring.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/obama-statement-maya-angelou

RIP

[Hekate]

1. Condolences to us all on the loss of this Phenomenal Woman

Her poetry will never die

[Baitball Blogger]

2. I don't ever remember Maya Angelou compromising on what she believed in.

Most focused person that I have been able to admire from afar.

[Cha]

3. Beautiful Tribute from President Obama for Maya Angelou~ Mahalo ProSense~

Rest in Peace Maya

[Rhinodawg]

4. In memory of a great woman.

very sad.