Brock Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Nelle Harper Lee, who won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1961 for her book, "To Kill a Mockingbird," has died at the age of 89, multiple sources in her hometown of Monroeville confirmed Friday morning. Lee was born April 28, 1926, in Monroeville, the youngest of four children of lawyer Amasa Coleman Lee and Frances Cunningham Finch Lee. As a child, Lee attended elementary school and high school just a few blocks from her house on Alabama Avenue. In a March 1964 interview, she offered this capsule view of her childhood: "I was born in a little town called Monroeville, Alabama, on April 28, 1926. I went to school in the local grammar school, went to high school there, and then went to the University of Alabama. That's about it, as far as education goes." http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2016/02/harper_lee_dead_at_age_of_89_t.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie2 Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Well, it's a shame to lose someone so wonderful, but it sounds like she wasn't doing too well in her later years, so I'm sure she's in a better place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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