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Exhumation of Dalis remains finds mustache intact
Hernan Munoz and Aritz Parra, Associated Press Published 6:55 a.m. ET July 21, 2017
Figueres, Spain Forensic experts in Spain have removed hair, nails and two long bones from Salvador Dalis embalmed remains to find genetic samples for a paternity test a move that opens the possibility for a woman who says she is the surrealist artists daughter to claim part of the Dali estate.
Officials said Friday that the artists mummified remains were so well conserved that even his famous mustache had survived the passing of time and remained in its classic shape of ten past ten, referring to the positions of the hands on a clock.
Dali was buried in the Dali Museum Theater in the northeastern Spanish town of Figueres, his birthplace, when he died at 84 years old in 1989. The exhumation followed longstanding claims by Pilar Abel, a 61-year-old tarot card reader, who says her mother had an affair with Dali in the town.
In June, a Madrid judge finally ruled that a DNA test should be performed to find out whether her allegations were true...
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/world/2017/07/21/spain-dali/103882730/
Hernan Munoz and Aritz Parra, Associated Press Published 6:55 a.m. ET July 21, 2017
Figueres, Spain Forensic experts in Spain have removed hair, nails and two long bones from Salvador Dalis embalmed remains to find genetic samples for a paternity test a move that opens the possibility for a woman who says she is the surrealist artists daughter to claim part of the Dali estate.
Officials said Friday that the artists mummified remains were so well conserved that even his famous mustache had survived the passing of time and remained in its classic shape of ten past ten, referring to the positions of the hands on a clock.
Dali was buried in the Dali Museum Theater in the northeastern Spanish town of Figueres, his birthplace, when he died at 84 years old in 1989. The exhumation followed longstanding claims by Pilar Abel, a 61-year-old tarot card reader, who says her mother had an affair with Dali in the town.
In June, a Madrid judge finally ruled that a DNA test should be performed to find out whether her allegations were true...
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/world/2017/07/21/spain-dali/103882730/