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María Eva Duarte de Perón (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈɾi.a ˈeβa ˈðwarte ðe peˈɾon]; née María Eva Duarte; 7 May 1919 – 26 July 1952), better known as just Eva Perón or by the nickname Evita (Spanish:), was an Argentine politician, activist, actress, and philanthropist who served as First Lady of Argentina from June 1946 until her death in July 1952, as the wife of Argentine ...
Eva died the following month. In 1949, Perón had reformed the National Constitution, which enabled him to exercise a new mandate from 1952 to 1955. Facing only token UCR and Socialist Party opposition and despite being unable to field his popular wife, Eva, as a running mate, Perón was re-elected in 1951 winning with 62% of the votes, with a ...
It is the story of the corpse of Argentine political leader Eva Perón, the second wife of Argentine president Juan Perón. The book became a bestseller in Argentina and has been widely translated. [1] It is estimated to have sold over 10 million copies worldwide, [2] which makes it one of the best-selling books of all time.
First Lady Eva Perón (left) tending to the needy in her capacity as head of her foundation. Eva Perón was instrumental as a symbol of hope to the common labourer during the first five-year plan. When she died in 1952, the year of the presidential elections, the people felt they had lost an ally.
Eva Perón (1919–1952), First Lady from 1946 until her death, was the most important and influential First Lady, known for her work in many charitable and feminist causes. Before her death, the Argentine Congress named her the "Spiritual Leader of the Nation".
The mother and daughter, as well as the four others on the plane, were all killed. A seventh person inside a vehicle was killed on the ground, while 24 others were injured, officials said.
The body of Eva Peron, the beloved former First Lady of Argentina, was re-interred for the third and last time, 24 years after her death in 1952 from leukemia. Since 1973, when her husband Juan Peron returned to the presidency, she had been in a crypt at the Casa Rosada, the presidential residence in Olivos.
According to the two morticians, who prepared Marilyn for burial, the legendary sex symbol had hairy legs, false teeth, and purple blotches all over her face when she was found dead aged 36 in 1962.