{"id":14770,"date":"2016-02-19T18:53:09","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T18:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/?p=14770"},"modified":"2016-02-19T18:53:09","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T18:53:09","slug":"to-kill-a-mockingbird-author-harper-lee-passes-away-at-89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/19\/to-kill-a-mockingbird-author-harper-lee-passes-away-at-89\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018To Kill a Mockingbird\u2019 Author Harper Lee, Passes Away at 89"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start --><p>The unexpected death of author Harper Lee, the grand dame of the literary world, is inspiring a slew of acknowledgements for the woman who produced the most influentially viable gem of our time \u2013 <em>To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em>. She was 89.<\/p>\n<p>Harper Lee<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Harper-Lee-Smokes-011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14772\" src=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Harper-Lee-Smokes-011.jpg\" alt=\"Harper Lee Smokes\" width=\"620\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Harper-Lee-Smokes-011.jpg 620w, http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Harper-Lee-Smokes-011-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><!--more--><br \/>\nLee died in her hometown of Monroeville, and her death was confirmed by the city clerk\u2019s office.<br \/>\n<em>To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em> is by far the literary icon\u2019s most valued work which can be attributed to the societal themes that are flawlessly woven and strike a chord that can still be unleashed even today.<br \/>\nThe book captures the racial undertones of an Alabama town as it focuses on Atticus Finch, a lawyer, who has been commissioned to defend a black man who is being persecuted for killing a white man. The story also includes the astute observance of his daughter Scout Finch.<br \/>\nThe novel was an instant hit, and scored the Pulitzer Prize \u2013 to date \u2013 it has sold over 30 million copies and has been translated into 40 languages. Even more fascinating is the fact that it has never been in danger of going out of print.<br \/>\nAs expected with novels that are seeped in dramatic fare that recalls the worst and best of times, the books was adapted into a film that opened in 1962, and starred actor Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch, Brock Peters as Tom Robinson, the black man who had to stand trial for the murder he didn\u2019t commit and Robert Duvall in his first film role, as Boo Radley.<br \/>\nLee and Peck eventually forged a close bond that extended to his family \u2013 as evident in his grandson being named after the author \u2013 Harper Peck Voll.<\/p>\n<p>Actors, Gregory Peck and Brock Peters in the 1962 film adaptation<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/to-kill-a-mockingbird.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14773\" src=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/to-kill-a-mockingbird.jpg\" alt=\"to-kill-a-mockingbird\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/to-kill-a-mockingbird.jpg 640w, http:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/to-kill-a-mockingbird-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe film was ended up being secured into the National Film Registry by the National Film Preservation Board in 1995.<br \/>\nLee\u2019s rise from an airlines reservation assistant in New York to one of the most formidable and respected authors of our time, happened as a result of a monetary gift. After receiving her good fortune, Lee was inspired to devote all of her time and energy to her novel.<br \/>\nAside from an appearance on<em> The Merv Griffin Show<\/em> In 1963, Lee kept a very low profile \u2013 preferring to lead a normal quiet life in the town where she grew up.<br \/>\nShe briefly came out of hiding in 2015 when she released her second book, Go Set a Watchman which she had already authored before <em>To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em>. The book sold more than 1 million copies in its first week despite the controversy surrounding Atticus Finch who was displayed as a champion of segregation \u2013 a surprising revelation after he had been portrayed as passionate symbol of the civil rights movement.<br \/>\nLee accumulated an immense collection of accolades and honors including the National Medal of Arts which she received in 2010 from President Obama. Prior to that President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Lee to the National Council on the Arts in 1966.<br \/>\nAt press time \u2013 there was no official cause of death, but at 89, Lee is certainly the epitome of a life well lived and fully realized \u2013 and if anyone could write the perfect ending for the woman who single-handedly transformed the literary landscape \u2013 it would be Harper Lee.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The unexpected death of author Harper Lee, the grand dame of the literary world, is inspiring a slew of acknowledgements [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u2018To Kill a Mockingbird\u2019 Author Harper Lee, Passes Away at 89 - MyTrendyBuzz<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Harper Lee, author of &#039;To Kill a Mockingbird&#039; dies at 89.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mytrendybuzz.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/19\/to-kill-a-mockingbird-author-harper-lee-passes-away-at-89\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018To Kill a Mockingbird\u2019 Author Harper Lee, Passes Away at 89 - 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