Arthur Lee McDuffie, 33, was by all accounts an amiable, hardworking man. A former Marine, he was an associate manager with the Coastal States Life Insurance Co. in Miami. Though he divorced his wife Frederica in 1978, he remained close to her and their two daughters, Shederica, 9, and Dewana, 2, and he planned to remarry her later this year. "Duff," as friends called him, often took on odd jobs managing a rock-soul band, running a carwash business for extra money. "He was always working," said Frederica. "He dreamed of retiring at 42."
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