TIL author Maya Angelou was a friend of Martin Luther King Jr. King was assassinated on her 40th birthday. For many years after she didn't celebrate her birthday only marking the occasion by reaching out to King's widow.

https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-maya-angelou-martin-luther-king-jr-20180404-story.html
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