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After his death from pneumonia in 1943 jazz musician Fats Waller was cremated and in accordance to his wishes his ashes were apparently scattered in the skies over Harlem by a black WWI aviator. That sounds nuts! What was the response from the public?

by /u/Kitarn in /r/AskHistorians

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