Harper Lee: 1926-2016, Author of To Kill a Mockingbird Dead at 89
Getty Images: Chip SomodevillaHarper Lee, beloved for her Pulitzer Prize winning book To Kill a Mockingbird, has died at age 89, according to al.com. The death announcement was confirmed by Random House, who tweeted the following tribute.
Today we lost a beautiful writer. RIP Harper Lee. pic.twitter.com/aA0SgyV0j1
— Random House (@randomhouse) February 19, 2016