FILE - This 2012 photo released by Alfred A. Knopf shows author Toni Morrison. The Nobel laureate Morrison has a new novel coming next spring. "God Help the Child" will be released April 30, 2015, publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Alfred A. Knopf, File)
A look at the life of author Toni Morrison
Author Toni Morrison has died at the age of 88, according to her publisher. She died last night at Montefiore Medical Center in New York.

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FILE - This 2012 photo released by Alfred A. Knopf shows author Toni Morrison. The Nobel laureate Morrison has a new novel coming next spring. "God Help the Child" will be released April 30, 2015, publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Alfred A. Knopf, File)
A look at the life of author Toni Morrison
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