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Al Young's Death

Born (Birthday) May 31, 1939

Death Date April 17, 2021

Age of Death 81 years

Cause of Death Stroke

Profession Poet

The poet Al Young died at the age of 81. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

African-American poet who was named Poet Laureate of California in 2005. He earned the prestigious American Book Award for two of his publications: The Sound of Dreams Remembered and Bodies and Soul: Musical Memoirs.

He married Arline Young in 1963; the couple’s son was born eight years later.

How did Al Young die?

Al Young, an acclaimed poet and jazz aficionado who merged his two areas of interest in books and in poetry readings that often incorporated a musical element, died on April 17 at a care center in Concord, Calif. He was 81. The cause was complications of a stroke he had in 2019, his son, Michael, said.