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Maya Angelou Taken to the Hospital

Posted Oct 3rd 2009 11:20PM by TMZ Staff

Maya AngelouTMZ has learned Maya Angelou was taken to the hospital early Saturday evening.

She was scheduled to be honored at the BraveHeart Awards in Los Angeles.

UPDATE -- Reps for Maya Angelou tell us she was never scheduled to appear at the event last night -- so we have no idea why the organizers told us she was a no-show because she went to the hospital.

Our camera guy on scene was told that Angelou would not be there because she was taken to the hospital. But according to Angelou's people, she never agreed to be there at all and sent a taped acceptance speech in her place.

Angelou is alive and well in St. Louis today and heading off to New York City for the next 2-3 weeks.

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1. no clue who she is... but am i first? you all slipping?

Posted at 11:24PM on Oct 3rd 2009 by just me

2. What an inspiring woman! I hope she's okay.

Posted at 11:29PM on Oct 3rd 2009 by Kym

3. A very accomplished woman, hope she gets well soon, If you don't know her google her you'll be surprised like I was.

Posted at 11:30PM on Oct 3rd 2009 by homie1kanobe

4. There is more shocking info on Maya: http://www.70news.com/2009/10/03/maya-angelou/

Posted at 11:30PM on Oct 3rd 2009 by Alex

5. how can you not know who maya angelou is . have you been living under a rock ? she is a poet and writer

Posted at 11:31PM on Oct 3rd 2009 by mo

6. PeAcE

Posted at 11:34PM on Oct 3rd 2009 by haskel420

7. Famous autobiographer and poet!!!

My prayer is with her and her family!

Posted at 11:41PM on Oct 3rd 2009 by HumanNature

8. Hope she makes it through, we can't lose another one!

Posted at 11:45PM on Oct 3rd 2009 by TheGoodGood

9. Hope she makes it through! We can't lose another

Posted at 11:45PM on Oct 3rd 2009 by Canadiana

10. Famous autobiographer and poet!!!

Love me Ms. Maya Angelou!!!

You are the "I" in Inspiration!!!

Please get well soon!!!

Posted at 11:47PM on Oct 3rd 2009 by HumanNature

11. What an amazing woman - intelligent, inspiring, and almost otherworldly. Growing up I secretly wished she was my Grandmother. :) I hope she's okay!

Posted at 11:51PM on Oct 3rd 2009 by Lynne

12. She is one wonderful lady and has been said by Oprah Winfrey that she is her mother figure. I hope she is fine and continues to inspire everyone.

Posted at 12:00AM on Oct 4th 2009 by Dianna

13. I know why the caged bird sings...... (google it if you don't understand).

Posted at 11:55PM on Oct 3rd 2009 by Nehi Peach Soda

14. Phenomenal Woman

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I'm not cute or built to suit a fashion model's size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I'm telling lies.
I say,
It's in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

I walk into a room
Just as cool as you please,
And to a man,
The fellows stand or
Fall down on their knees.
Then they swarm around me,
A hive of honey bees.
I say,
It's the fire in my eyes,
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing in my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Men themselves have wondered
What they see in me.
They try so much
But they can't touch
My inner mystery.
When I try to show them
They say they still can't see.
I say,
It's in the arch of my back,
The sun of my smile,
The ride of my breasts,
The grace of my style.
I'm a woman

Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Now you understand
Just why my head's not bowed.
I don't shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing
It ought to make you proud.
I say,
It's in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
the palm of my hand,
The need of my care,
'Cause I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.

Maya Angelou



Posted at 11:55PM on Oct 3rd 2009 by HumanNature

15. For you Alex!!

Still I Rise

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.

Maya Angelou


Posted at 12:00AM on Oct 4th 2009 by HumanNature

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