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DIED TODAY IN HISTORY  |  March 1, 2017

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Bonnie Franklin started acting at a young age...

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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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Each person must live their life as a model for others.
-Rosa Parks

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Ancient Greeks and Romans placed a coin in the mouth of the deceased as payment to the ferryman Charon for passage across the river Styx to the afterlife.

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Anne Jennings

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

Joyce Brock

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

Mary Louise "Lou" Rodeen

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

Allan Williams

The first manager of the Beatles

Willie Evans

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

Jill Saward

Rape victim became an advocate for victims of sexual assault

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Where there is love there is life.
-Mahatma Gandhi

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