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1973 MCC New Orleans UpStairs Fire 3
1media/Screen Shot 2023-04-01 at 3.53.54 PM_thumb.png2023-04-01T22:54:12+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4911June 25, 1973 headline from the Times-Picayune newspaper following the UpStairs Lounge fire. Twenty-eight people died at the scene of the sixteen-minute fire, and one died en route to the hospital. Another 18 suffered injuries, of whom three, including Boggs, died. Soon after two additional memorial services were held on July 1 at a Unitarian church and St. Mark's United Methodist Church, headed by Louisiana's Methodist bishop Finis Crutchfield and led by MCC founder Reverend Troy Perry, who came from Los Angeles to participate.plain2023-04-01T22:54:12+00:00June 25, 1973Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49