In its first year out, the book sold 500,000 copies and won the Pulitzer.
Mary Badham, who played Scout in the film adaptation ofTo Kill a Mockingbirdwith author Lee on set.
She was working a nonfiction story about a murderous Alabama preacher.
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Soon she began swearing that shed changed her mind: Shed never publish another book.
2006
University of Notre Dame President Rev.
Notre Dame had awarded Lee an honorary degree.
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Lee pictured in her assisted living room in Montoeville, Alabama.
I will always cherish the time I spent with her.
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