Vivian Ayers, a Pulitzer-nominated poet and mother to Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad, has died at 102. 'We will follow your trail of golden dust,' family says.

It was there that she began her literary career, publishing a well-received book of poetry called "Spice of Dawns," in 1953, which earned her a Pulitzer Prize nomination. For a brief time, Allen also lived in Mexico City with her children,

The mother of actresses Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad, Vivian Ayers, passed away on Monday, August 18, just weeks after celebrating her 102nd birthday. S.W.A.T. star Allen shared the news on her Instagram page on Wednesday (August 20),