Maya Angelou Taken to the Hospital

[Newsjock]

Source: TMZ

TMZ 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.

Story developing...

Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2009/10/03/maya-angelou-hospital/

[niyad]

1. prayers for a speedy recovery--I have been very worried about her since the

last time I saw her at a book festival

[Sarah Ibarruri]

2. Is she ill? nt

[niyad]

5. don't know what is wrong, but she did not look at all well last I saw her

[Sarah Ibarruri]

9. :( I love Maya Angelou. Her words have done so much good nt

[ccharles000]

3. I hope she is ok

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Godspeed to her!

I hope it's nothing serious, and that she'll have a speedy recovery...

She is a treasure.

[tosh]

7. A treaasure she is.

Get well quickly, Maya.

[Brother Buzz]

6. I'm sending all the good vibes I can muster in her direction

[MadMaddie]

8. I will keep her in my prayers!

[goclark]

10. Keeping her in my prayers too

[DUlover2909]

11. She gave a speech to my college campus while I was a student.

She spoke at graduation the year before I graduated. Get well Maya!

I wonder if any freepers even know who she is. :shrug:

[davidhilton]

12. amazing...

that was the most un-informing article i have ever read - well maybe not.
i hope the best to ms angelou so we can keep a great poet around for as long as possible.
peace, -d

[Garbo 2004]

13. Rolonda Watts on Facebook said she presented Angelou the Braveheart award Sat night.

http://www.facebook.com/RolondaFanPage?v=feed&story_fbid=152269732116&ref=mf

[dotymed]

14. Maya Angelou

is a universal treasure. I got "turned on" to her,
decades ago, in a College poetry class. I pray for her swift
recovery.

[Le Taz Hot]

15. America's Bard

Healing white light to you, m'lady.

When I was teaching parolees, the first thing I did in my new classroom was to post the following:

"You do what you know and when you know better, you do better." - Maya Angelou

[greenbird]

21. That quote is one of my favorite of all time.

I remember and use it often.

[ro1942]

16. One of the worlds finest , hope she's ok

[Vidar]

17. I hope she has a speedy recovery.

[demoleft]

18. hope she makes it and is better off soon. +1. n/t

[Ian David]

19. TMZ report on Maya Angelou hospitalized was wrong. Another reason to boycott that site.

TMZ report on Maya Angelou hospitalized was wrong. Another reason to boycott that site.
http://twitter.com/mpoppel/statuses/4604032667

[Garbo 2004]

20. UPDATE: Report not true, per Angelou's representatives.

TMZ was the only source of original report of her hospitalization and all other subsequent net reports cited TMZ. TMZ's "taken to hospital" became "rushed to hospital" in other net reports. TMZ provided no updates until this morning, hours after CNN tweet cited Angelou's literary agent contradicting TMZ's report.

First, Twitter from from CNN staff: "Contrary to TMZ report, Maya Angelou is fine, at home, & wasn't even in LA Sat nite, said her literary agent Helen Brann" http://twitter.com/SaeedCNN/status/4601097553

This morning's TMZ 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. http://www.tmz.com/2009/10/03/maya-angelou-hospital/