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When actress Hattie McDaniel was on her deathbed due to cancer, she wanted to be laid to rest in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles. Unfortunately, her wish was not granted as the cemetery had a policy of only allowing white people to be buried there. McDaniel was the first African-American to ever win an Oscar.

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When actress Hattie McDaniel was on her deathbed due to cancer, she wanted to be laid to rest in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles. Unfortunately, her wish was not granted as the cemetery had a policy of only allowing white people to be buried there. McDaniel was the first African-American to ever win an Oscar.

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