Necrology
Year: 1967
Langston Hughes
Born: February 1st, 1902
Died: May 22nd, 1967
Famous For: African American Poet, Novelist, Playwright, Columnist, Part of the Harlem Renaissance
Cause of Death: Complications after abdominal surgery related to prostate cancer
Burial Place: Cremated; ashes located at the Schomburg Library of African American Culture in Harlem, New York
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