how did the author of a raisin in the sun die
Lorraine Hansberry Hansberry, a heavy smoker her whole life, died of pancreatic cancer[38] on January 12, 1965, aged 34.[27] James Baldwin believed "it is not at all farfetched to suspect that what she saw contributed to the strain which killed her, for the effort to which Lorraine was dedicated is more than enough to kill a man."[39]