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Events on Monday 22 May 1967 1
1902 – 1967Langston Hughes (1902-1967)Died 22 May 1967, aged 65The poet and writer was a leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance, known for works including "The Negro Speaks of Rivers." He died in New York following complications from abdominal surgery.