Harper Lee

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FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2007 file photo, author Harper Lee smiles during a ceremony honoring the four new members of the Alabama Academy of Honor at the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala. The elusive author of "To Kill a Mockingbird" died Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, according to her publisher, Harper Collins. She was 89. (AP Photo/Rob Carr, File)

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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016, file photo, a man rakes soil over a grave in the Lee family cemetery plot, in Monroeville, Ala. Harper Lee, the author of "To Kill a Mockingbird," died Friday, Feb. 19. Literary icon Harper Lee died in February at age of 89. Lee had stunned the world a year earlier when her publisher announced that a second novel "Go Set a Watchman" would be published. Lee was buried in a quiet service in Monroeville with only a few select friends and family present, a reflection of how the famously private author had lived her life. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler, File)

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Friends and family of author Harper Lee leave the First United Methodist Church after a private funeral service, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016, in Monroeville, Ala. Lee, the elusive author of best-seller "To Kill a Mockingbird," died Friday, Feb. 19, according to her publisher Harper Collins. She was 89. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)

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FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2007, file photo, author Harper Lee smiles during a ceremony honoring the four new members of the Alabama Academy of Honor at the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala. “To Kill a Mockingbird” will be made available as an e-book and digital audiobook in July 2014, filling one of the biggest gaps in the electronic library. Author Harper Lee said in a rare public statement Monday, April 28, 2014, issued through HarperCollins Publishers, that while she still favored “dusty” books she had signed on for making “Mockingbird” available to a “new generation.” (AP Photo/Rob Carr, File)

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FILE -In this Aug. 20, 2007 file photo, author Harper Lee smiles during a ceremony honoring the four new members of the Alabama Academy of Honor at the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala. "To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee has settled the federal lawsuit she filed against a museum in her hometown of Monroeville, Ala., over its sale of souvenirs featuring her name and the title of her book. A settlement notice was filed Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, just days after a judge refused to dismiss the lawsuit. (AP Photo/Rob Carr, File)