Angelou to TMZ: I'm NOT Dead!

On Saturday, TMZ reported Maya Angelou was hospitalized in LA. But the legendary poet says ehh, wrong to that report!

Angelou says the rumors of her illness are exaggerated. The 81 year old says she is just fine. She even got calls from relatives in Europe and Africa, who were in tears over the news. Some Twitter users had even reported she passed away.

Angelou was actually giving a speech in the Midwest yesterday when she heard of the TMZ reports.