- Title: ITALY: FASCIST SYMPATHISERS AT FUNERAL OF MUSSOLINI'S DAUGHTER.
- Date: 26th April 1968
- Summary: CROWD; RELIGIOUS SERVICE; ROMANO MUSSOLINI; COUNTESS CIANO; FASCIST GUARDS BESIDE COFFIN; MICHELINI; FASCIST SALUTE. Initials GEM/V/BHH/EEH Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 11th May 1968 13:00
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- Location: ROME, ITALY
- Country: Italy
- Reuters ID: LVA2Y7J4SWVO3UDV39MHHA4W9AQ2
- Story Text: ANNA MARIA MUSSOLINI, THE YOUNGEST AND FAVOURITE DAUGHTER OF THE ITALIAN FASCIST DICTATOR BENITO MUSSOLINI, WAS BURIED IN ROME TODAY (FRIDAY). SHE DIED EARLIER THIS WEEK AFTER A SUDDEN ILLNESS.
THE ITALIAN FASCIST PARTY AND ITS SYMPATHISERS ATTENDED THE FUNERAL IN FORCE. THE PARTY'S SECRETARY-GENERAL, SIG MICHELINI, LED A GROUP OF UNIFORMED FOLLOWERS WHO FORMED A GUARD BESIDE THE COFFIN. OUTSIDE THE CHURCH, FASCISTS STOOD WITH BANNERS AS A ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST CONDUCTED THE FUNERAL RITES.
ANNA MARIA, WHO WAS 39, WAS MARRIED TO A RADIO AND TELEVISION ANNOUNCER WITH WHOM SHE RAN A NIGHT CLUB IN ROME. SHE DIED ON TUESDAY AFTER BEING RUSHED TO HOSPITAL. THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS OFFICIALLY CARDIO-RESPIRATORY COLLAPSE, PROBABLY CAUSED BY CHICKEN POX WHICH SHE RECENTLY CAUGHT FROM ONE OF HER CHILDREN.
SHE BECAME HER PARENT'S FAVOURITE DAUGHTER WHEN SHE CONTRACTED POLIOMYELITIS AS A SMALL CHILD. THEY SPARED NO EFFORT OR EXPENSE UNTIL SHE WAS CURED.
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