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Joyce Spector Mekelburg, second-to-last known survivor of Cocoanut Grove fire, dies at 100

"The whole place was one mob shouting screaming, pushing," Mrs. Mekelburg said the day after she crawled along a floor to escape the Cocoanut Grove blaze that killed 492 people. ....

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Cocoanut Grove Memorial breaks ground 80 years after fire claimed 490 lives

Over 80 years after the Cocoanut Grove fire claimed 490 lives and singularly revolutionized fire safety standards and burn treatments, families of survivors and victims of the devastating fire gathered Monday at a new site to remember their loved ones. ....

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City, advocates break ground on Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire memorial

A new memorial, which survivors and victims' families say is long overdue, is set to open in 2024. ....

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Cocoanut Grove Memorial to break ground in Boston, decades in the making

Decades in the making, a memorial honoring those who died in the Cocoanut Grove fire and the major advancements in burn treatment, trauma response and fire codes that followed is set to break ground at Statler Park on Sunday. ....

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A Cocoanut Grove memorial is coming to Boston

The memorial will be built in Statler Park in Bay Village, one block from the former Cocoanut Grove nightclub. Read more at Boston.com. ....

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