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Found in the fantastic Life magazine archive<\/a>; photo credited to Keystone\/Getty Images & taken on 10 Dec 1974.<\/p>\n The bodies of Argentinian President Juan Domingo Peron (1895 – 1974) and his first wife Eva Peron, known as Evita, (1919 – 1952) at the Presidential Residence in Buenos Aires where they could be viewed by the public. The body of Eva Peron had been brought from a tomb in Italy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n This photo was taken about one month after the procession (see previous post<\/a>), & the caskets could not have been on display for long… too much of a security risk. But the Montoneros got what they wanted —Evita back in Argentina.<\/p>\n After Isabel was ousted by the 1976 dictatorship, Eva’s next stop was Recoleta Cemetery. Per\u00f3n went to his family vault in Chacarita<\/a>. Although Per\u00f3n was transferred to his San Vicente country estate in 2006, the (in)famous couple has never been reunited again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Found in the fantastic Life magazine archive; photo credited to Keystone\/Getty Images & taken on 10 Dec 1974. The bodies of Argentinian President Juan Domingo…<\/p>\n\n