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Graves of Mildred and Richard Loving Mildred died of pneumonia on May 2, 2008, in Milford, Virginia , at age 68. Her daughter, Peggy Loving Fortune, said, "I want [people] to remember her as being strong and brave, yet humble—and believ[ing] in love."
After the Loving ruling, Alabama continued to enforce its interracial marriage laws until 1970. [11] [12] Richard Loving died aged 41 in 1975 in Caroline County, Virginia, killed by a drunk driver. [15] Mildred Loving died of pneumonia on May 2, 2008, in Milford, Virginia, aged 68. [16]
According to Mildred Loving, "not much of it was very true. The only part of it right was I had three children." [78] [79] Nancy Buirski's documentary The Loving Story, premiered on HBO in February 2012 [80] [81] and won a Peabody Award that year. [82] Loving, a dramatized telling of the story based on Buirski's documentary, was released in 2016.
Richard Loving died eight years later in a car accident. Mildred Loving died in 2008. June 12, the anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling, is now recognized nationally as Loving Day.
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Paul Swales was killed at his house in Cleat Hill, Bedford, on October 19.
Loving, a 2016 film starring Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton as Mildred and Richard Loving, directed by Jeff Nichols. The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival , and was nominated for numerous awards, including a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor for Edgerton and Academy Award and Golden Globe ...
A viral Instagram post recounts the true story of Richard and Mildred Loving, ... USA TODAY. February 4, 2021 at 11:58 AM ... lawyer who won victory for interracial marriage in Loving v. Virginia ...