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Death of Eva Peron... First Lady of Argentina...
Death of Eva Peron... First Lady of Argentina...
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July 27, 1952
THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 27, 1952 This 80+ page Sunday newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Eva Peron Dies in Argentina; A Power as President's Wife" with subhead: "Buenos Aires Sets National Mourning---End Comes After long Illness" and small photo of Peron. Lengthy text continues on page 56. Nice to have in this famous NYC title.
Rag edition in great condition.
wikipedia notes: Despite having undergone a hysterectomy by the American surgeon George T. Pack, Evita's cancer returned rapidly.She developed lung metastasis and was the first Argentine to undergo chemotherapy (a novel treatment at that time). Despite all available treatment, she became emaciated, weighing only 36 kg (about 79 lb.) by June 1952. Evita died at the age of 33, at 8:25 p.m. on 26 July 1952. The news was immediately broadcast throughout the country, and Argentina went into mourning: all activity in Argentina stopped: movies stopped playing, restaurants were closed and patrons were shown to the door. A radio broadcast interrupted the broadcasting schedule, with the announcer reading, "It is my sad duty to inform you that today at 8:25 p.m. Eva Perón, Spiritual Leader of the Nation, entered immortality". Eva Perón was granted an official state funeral.
Category: The 20th Century
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