Deaths
Richard Loving died in an automobile accident in 1975 that also seriously injured Mildred. The cause of the accident was a drunk driver.
Mildred Loving died of pneumonia on May 2, 2008, in Milford, Virginia. Her daughter, Peggy Fortune, told the Associated Press: "I want (people) to remember her as being strong and brave yet humble — and believed in love."
The final sentence in Mildred Loving's obituary in The New York Times makes note of her June 2007 statement to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Loving v. Virginia. Part of the Washington Post’s obituary read: “A modest homemaker, Loving never thought she had done anything extraordinary. ‘It wasn't my doing,’ Loving told the Associated Press in a rare interview a year ago. ‘It was God's work.’"
Read more about this topic: Loving V. Virginia
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