At home near Winston-Salem, NC -- Maya Angelou died May 28, 2014 early morning

PRESS release (confirmed story) -- abcnews.go.com/ Maya Angelou has died, ABC News has confirmed. She was 86. According to her agent, Helen Brann, the noted author and poet died near her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina early this morning. "She'd been very frail and had heart problems, but she was going strong, finishing a new book," Brann told ABC News. "I spoke to her yesterday. She was fine, as she always was. Her spirit was indomitable." / / / Survivors include her son Guy Johnson of New York, NY.