Spain - Salvador Dali's mustache intact when remains exhumed

Exhumation of Dali’s 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 Dali’s 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 artist’s daughter to claim part of the Dali estate.

Officials said Friday that the artist’s 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/

Jul 21 2017, 9:32 am ET

Exhumation of Salvador Dali’s Remains Finds his Mustache Still Intact

by The Associated Press

Forensic experts in Spain have removed hair, nails and two long bones from Salvador Dali's 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 artist's daughter to claim part of the Dali estate.

Officials said Friday that the artist's 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...

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/e...mains-finds-his-mustache-still-intact-n785211

she looks almost exactly like her mother ... didn't see much of a resemblance with Dali though