Eva peron photos in casket
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Eva Perón, affectionately known as Evita, remains one of Argentina’s most iconic and controversial figures. As the First Lady of Argentina from until her untimely death in , she captivated the nation with her passionate advocacy for labor rights and women's suffrage. However, the story of Eva Perón extends far beyond her life and political legacy. The bizarre and grisly saga of her corpse is a tale filled with intrigue, political maneuvering, and macabre twists that rival any gothic fiction.
After the death of Eva Perón in July , there was a massive display of public sorrow, leading to crowds dangerously pushing towards her body during its transfer to the Ministry of Labour building. Over 20, individuals received medical treatment for injuries caused by the crush, and eight lost their lives. However, this was just the uppstart of the strange, aggressive, and sensational events involving the body of this controversial figure.
She had an exception
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A coffin for Madonna
It was August when Brian Morris and his partner Richard Earl (Production Designer and Art Director respectively) walked into our workshop. We had worked with them before on Wuthering Heights and The Road to Wellville (one of the only films we had ever had a credit for), and he told us that he was probably going to be working on Evita with Alan Parker. It had taken years to bring this musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice to the screen and he seemed genuinely excited by the prospect of designing it. He had a folder full of photocopies of black and white photographs, some more indistinct than others. His main concern was Evita’s funeral that would require flowers, flags and principally her coffin that was almost impossible to see in the fuzzy photocopies he spread out in front of us on the workbench. He said that Evita was considered almost a god in Argentina and Louise, positive as ever, suggested that maybe there were replica coff
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The story of Eva Duarte, who rose from an illegitimate child of a poor provincial woman in Argentina to one of the most powerful woman of her time, was nothing short of a fairytale. She met Col. Juan Peron when she was just 24, and as his lover, she not only built his political charisma but also started a populist movement to reinstate him when he was ousted in
Their marriage came in , a year before Peron became the president of Argentina. When Eva&#;s lowly birth caused many upper-class ladies to shun her from their charities and garden parties, she started her own Eva Peron Social Aid Fund. The people were mesmerized by her &#;generosity&#; while the First Couple used the Fund for their own luxurious lifestyle.
Then came tragic ending: Eva succumbed to cancer in , just 33 year old. Her body was embalmed, a process made almost impossible since it was ravaged and emaciated by cancer. The embalmer was Dr. Pedro Ara who carried the perfectly preserved head of a peasant as a speci