Acclaimed and celebrated author bell hooks died of kidney failure Dec. 15 at the age of 69. hooks’ niece Ebony Motley also said that hooks was surrounded by close friends and family as passed away. hooks (whose real name is Gloria Jean Watkins) was born on Sept. 25, 1952 in Hopkinsville, Ky. She adopted the […]
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