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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.
While in the army, he boxed 100 exhibition bouts. Louis died of a heart attack in Paradise, Nevada on April 12, 1981. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. He has an arena named after him, the Joe Louis Arena where the Detroit Red Wings play.