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On July 6, 1971 Louis Armstrong passed away at his home in Queens, NY. Two days later, more than 30,000 came to pay their respects to the beloved jazz legend. Louis Armstrong was buried in Flushing Cemetery in Queens, just a few miles away from his home in Corona.
Edition: U.S. / Global. WASHINGTON, April 21â Joe Louis, the sharecropper's son with the knockout punch, was buried in Arlington National Cemetery today, cherished in farewells at the grave and remembrances on the street corners as the ultimate champion who smashed the myth of racial supremacy.