J.K. Rowling, Uzo Aduba, and more react to Maya Angelou's death on Twitter

By Ariana Bacle
Published on May 28, 2014 02:36PM EDT
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Celebrated writer Maya Angelou has died at the age of 86, inspiring everyone from politicians to fellow writers to memorialize her life and works on Twitter.

See what author J.K. Rowling, Orange is the New Black star Uzo Aduba, and more had to say about Angelou below:

https://twitter.com/QtipTheAbstract/status/471674553228591104

https://twitter.com/ItsKevinHart/status/471676268430499840

https://twitter.com/KellyOsbourne/status/471703544572030976

We will continue to update this post throughout the day.

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