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Summary:Eva Pern died of cancer on July 26 1952, at the age of 33. She was an actress in Argentinian films and radio when she met and married Juan Pern in 1945, when he was Vice-President. In the following seven years, while her husband became Argentina's President, Evita became the champion of the poor and the under-privileged, building a massively powerful reputation for social reform among Argentina's working classes.
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