Earlier this morning the world lost iconic figure Maya Angelou. Many celebs have reacted on Twitter & Instagram, but Mike Tyson just spoke with TMZ. He may have only had a few brief encounters with her, including the time she visited him in prison — but Mike Tyson says Maya Angelou had a profound impact on his life.
Details after the jump…
Via TMZ:
After learning of Angelou’s death, Tyson told TMZ Sports … “We lost one of the greatest constellations to the human universe.”
“I had the pleasure to meet Ms. Angelou on a few occasions and each time was very enlightening. I was intrigued and would ask her about the greats from her era such as Billy Holiday, Malcolm X and Fats Waller. These people were just book novels, interesting reading to me but real people to her.”
“I’m just very grateful for the times I shared with this phenomenal woman, even though they were brief.”
Angelou famously visited Tyson at the Indiana Youth Center in 1994 while he was serving time for a rape conviction.
After the visit, Angelou told people her encounter with Iron Mike had an impact on her life as well — saying, “it changed the way I thought about a number of things.”
