She was struck by a speeding taxi driver while crossing Peachtree Street and died August 16, 1949.<ref>http://www.biblio.com/margaret-mitchell/author/2993</ref> She is considered one of Atlanta's greatest writers along with [[Joel Chandler Harris]], and her house is now a literary memorial.<ref>http://www.southernliterarytrail.org/atlanta.html</ref> | She was struck by a speeding taxi driver while crossing Peachtree Street and died August 16, 1949.<ref>http://www.biblio.com/margaret-mitchell/author/2993</ref> She is considered one of Atlanta's greatest writers along with [[Joel Chandler Harris]], and her house is now a literary memorial.<ref>http://www.southernliterarytrail.org/atlanta.html</ref> |