“I have failed at many things, but I have never been afraid.”
Maya Angelou (1928 – 2014)
American poet, author, and essayist. Her works include seven autobiographies and the poem And Still I Rise.
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Gabriel García Márquez (1927 – 2014)
Colombian author and Nobel Prize winner, his works include Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude.
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Sue Townsend (1946 – 2014)
British comic author, and creator of Adrian Mole.
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Harold Ramis (1944 – 2014)
American actor, screenwriter and director of films including Groundhog Day, Ghostbusters and Animal House.
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