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bell hooks
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Born
September 25
,
1952
·
Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA
Died
December 15
,
2021
·
Berea, Kentucky, USA
(end-stage renal failure)
Birth name
Gloria Jean Watkins
Mini Bio
bell hooks was born on September 25, 1952 in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA. She was a writer, known for
Bell Hooks: Cultural Criticism and Transformation (1997)
,
Give a Damn Again (1995)
and
My Feminism (1997)
. She died on December 15, 2021 in Berea, Kentucky, USA.
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Parents
Veodis Watkins
Rosa Bell Oldman Watkins
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Gwenda Motley
(Sibling)
Sarah Chambers
(Sibling)
Valeria Watkins
(Sibling)
Angela Malone
(Sibling)
Kenneth Watkins
(Sibling)
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Author, lecturer and college professor.
Survived by her sister, Gwenda Motley, three other sisters, Sarah Chambers, Valeria Watkins, and Angela Malone, and her brother Kenneth.
Inducted into Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame in 2018.
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