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  1. Vivian "Buster" Burey Marshall (February 11, 1911 – February 11, 1955) was an American civil rights activist and was married for 25 years, until her death, to Thurgood Marshall, lead counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, who also managed Brown v. Board of Education (1954).

  2. Aug 19, 2016 · Nine months after the Brown decision, his first wife, Vivian "Buster" Burey, died of cancer at the age of 44. One of the country's most accomplished black men was suddenly a widower.

  3. Vivian G “BusterBurey Marshall. Birth. 11 Feb 1911. Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA. Death. 11 Feb 1955 (aged 44) Harlem, New York County, New York, USA. Burial. Eden Cemetery. Collingdale, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map. Plot. Celestine, Lot 617. Memorial ID. 201646054. · View Source. Suggest Edits. Memorial.

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  5. Because Marshall was in the middle of arguing Brown v. Board of Education, Buster did not tell Marshall of her illness until after May 17, 1954 when the case was decided. Vivian "Buster" Burey died nine months later on February 11, 1955. She was 44 years old.

  6. Oct 13, 2017 · Thurgood Marshall met his first wife, VivianBusterBurey, while she was a student at the University of Pennsylvania, and the two married not long after. Early on in their marriage, the...

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  7. There he met Vivian "Buster" Burey, a student from the University of Pennsylvania. Marshall and Burey married on September 4, 1929.

  8. Marshall, his wife Cissy, and their children John (bottom left) and Thurgood Jr. (bottom right), 1965. Marshall wed Vivian "Buster" Burey on September 4, 1929, while he was a student at Lincoln University.: 101, 103 They remained married until her death from cancer in 1955.

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