{"id":70572,"date":"2011-09-27T23:59:31","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T15:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seangallagher.wpengine.com\/blog\/?p=3755"},"modified":"2011-09-27T23:59:31","modified_gmt":"2011-09-27T15:59:31","slug":"i-will-be-a-hummingbird-wangari-maathai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gallagher-photo.com\/i-will-be-a-hummingbird-wangari-maathai\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI will be a hummingbird\u201d \u2013 Wangari Maathai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IGMW6YWjMxw\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It was a very sad day for the environmental movement yesterday, learning that Wangari Maathai had passed after losing her battle with cancer at the age of 71. 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