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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison is photographed in New York City in 1979. Getty Images
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Toni Morrison signs copies of her book 'Home,' during Google's online program series, Authors At Google, in New York, in 2013. AP Photo
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Then US President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to authorMorrison during a ceremony at the White House in Washington, DC, in 2012. AFP
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Morrison, left, receives the Honor Medal of The City of Paris (Grand Vermeil) from Christophe Girard at Mairie de Paris in 2010. Getty Images
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Morrison arrives for the 2007 'Glamour' magazine Women of the Year awards in New York. AFP
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Morrison attends a press conference at the Louvre Museum in Paris. AFP
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Morrison poses at The Louvre Museum in Paris. AFP
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Morrison holds an orchid at the Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York. AP Photo
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Morrison smiles while being interviewed by reporters in her office at Princeton University in New Jersey. AFP
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Morrison discusses her venture into playwriting in Albany. Getty Images
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison is photographed in New York City in 1979. Getty Images
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Toni Morrison signs copies of her book 'Home,' during Google's online program series, Authors At Google, in New York, in 2013. AP Photo
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Then US President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to authorMorrison during a ceremony at the White House in Washington, DC, in 2012. AFP
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Morrison, left, receives the Honor Medal of The City of Paris (Grand Vermeil) from Christophe Girard at Mairie de Paris in 2010. Getty Images
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Morrison arrives for the 2007 'Glamour' magazine Women of the Year awards in New York. AFP
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Morrison attends a press conference at the Louvre Museum in Paris. AFP
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Morrison poses at The Louvre Museum in Paris. AFP
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Morrison holds an orchid at the Cathedral of St John the Divine in New York. AP Photo
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Morrison smiles while being interviewed by reporters in her office at Princeton University in New Jersey. AFP
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Morrison discusses her venture into playwriting in Albany. Getty Images
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Toni Morrison is photographed in New York City in 1979. Getty Images
American novelist Toni Morrison dies aged 88
Acclaimed author and Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winner died in New York after a brief illness
Associated Press
06 August, 2019
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