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Feb 27, 2018 · Harper Lee, whose first novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” about racial injustice in a small Alabama town, sold more than 40 million copies, died at the age of 89.
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To Kill a Mockingbird was Lee's only published book until Go Set a Watchman, an earlier draft of To Kill a Mockingbird, was published on July 14, 2015. Lee continued to respond to her work's impact until her death in February 2016, although she had refused any personal publicity for herself or the novel since 1964.
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Feb 19, 2016 · Harper Lee, the elusive US author who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning book To Kill A Mockingbird, has died aged 89. Her 1960 novel about a child's eye view of racial injustice in a fictional Alabama town in the 1930s became standard reading for millions of young people.
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Feb 19, 2016 · The author, whose death at 89 was confirmed by publisher HarperCollins and officials in her hometown of Monroeville, Ala., sparked a national conversation about racism with “To Kill a ...
Feb 20, 2016 · News of Lee's death spread widely on social media and tributes poured in from well-known figures, such as Apple Inc Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook, who quoted the author in a tweet by saying,...
Feb 19, 2016 · Her publisher has confirmed to NPR News that the author of "To Kill A Mockingbird" died at age 89. Let's talk now with one of the many, many people who related to Harper Lee as a reader.
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Feb 19, 2016 · Harper Lee, the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, has died at the age of 89. The book remains a towering presence in American literature, telling the tale of a white lawyer defending a black man...
