Novelist Harper Lee passes away aged 89
American novelist, most known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird' (1960), passed away at the age of 89 in Alabama (US) today. Lee's second novel 'Go Set a Watchman', which was written in the mid-1950s, was published last year. Born in 1926 in Alabama, Lee was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007. 