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February 22, 2016

Harper Lee, Author of "To Kill a Mockingbird," Dies at 89
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Harper Lee, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the novel "To Kill a
Mockingbird" about racial injustice in the South, has died at the age of
89. Lee, who avoided the public spotlight, was the center of media
attention last year when her publisher announced the release of "Go Set
a Watchman," an early version of "To Kill a Mockingbird," which Lee's
attorney said she stumbled upon decades after it was written. Lee died
in her sleep in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, which the town of
Maycomb in "To Kill a Mockingbird" was modeled after. She was buried in
a private ceremony.


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