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DIED TODAY IN HISTORY  |  February 3, 2017

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On Feb. 2, 1959, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson...

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To prepare it for burial, Muslim tradition requires that same-sex family members wash the body an odd number of times before covering it with a shroud.

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What’s the difference between a funeral and a memorial service? A memorial service is held without the remains present.

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Allan Williams

The first manager of the Beatles

Joyce Brock

Created one of the first modeling agencies and schools for African-Americans

Willie Evans

Buffalo football star whose 1958 team refused to play in a bowl game banning black players

Mary Louise "Lou" Rodeen

The first woman to be accepted into the Northwestern University Band.

Jill Saward

Rape victim became an advocate for victims of sexual assault

Anne Jennings

First African-American registered nurse to graduate from Hartford Hospital School

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Where there is love there is life.
-Mahatma Gandhi

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