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Toni Morrison was presented with her Medal of Freedom by former US president Barack Obama in 2012.

Toni Morrison was presented with her Medal of Freedom by former US president Barack Obama in 2012. Source: AAP

US author Toni Morrison, who explored African-American identity, won the Nobel Prize for Literature and the Medal of Freedom, has died at the age of 88.


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By Greg Dyett

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US author Toni Morrison, who explored African-American identity, won the Nobel Prize for Literature and the Medal of Freedom, has died at the age of 88.



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