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Margaret Emma Henley is born in England, UK, Europe. She will die at the age of five, but will first be befriended by the author J.M. Barrie, whom she will nickname 'fwendy'. When Barrie goes on to write the play Peter Pan in 1904, he will adapt 'fwendy' to Wendy as the name of Peter Pan's friend. In time, the name will become popular as a name for girls. Songs such as The Beach Boys' composition, Wendy, would never have been written if not for Margaret Emma Henley.
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