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Apr 30, 2007 17:55

On this day in history...

African explorer David Livingstone died on 30 April 1873, alone except for his native bearers and servants.  So devoted were they that they took it in turns to carry his body through deserts and over swamps until they reached the coast, where the remains were taken by ship to England--a year having passed before he was finally buried.

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