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to begin work on the first lady’s corpse right after her for almost two years, awaiting the construction of a
public viewing, that was shortened to avoid damage grand monument to her memory.
from emotional crowds. An estimated 3 million people Plans changed when Peron was overthrown in 1955
filled the streets of Buenos Aires for her funeral. and exiled to Spain. During the coup, Eva’s body was
Afterward, a military convoy delivered her to Dr. Ara stolen by the new military government fearful that the
who began pumping the corpse full of his “secret” Peronistas would use it a rallying point for opposition
embalming fluid, a procedure he continued daily parties. The revolutionaries attempted to destroy all
for the next year costing nearly $100,000. Finally signs of Eva and Juan Peron, including her incompleted
preserved to perfection, she was stored in her office burial monument.
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