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• Lampedusa, Giuseppe Tomasi di    b. December 23, 1896  d. July 26, 1957
  Italian Writer and Essayist. He was born in Palermo (Sicilia) and died in Rome. He is best remembered for his book "Il Gatopardo," adapted to the cinema for Luchino Visconti, and played by Burt Lancaster. He also wrote "I Racconti" and "La Letteratura Inglesa." (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
  Cimitero dei Cappuccini, Palermo, Provincia di Palermo, Sicilia, Italy
   
• Lombardo, Rosalia    b. 1918  d. December 6, 1920
  Rosalia Lombardo was an Italian child born in 1918 in Palermo, Sicily. She died on December 6 1920. It is thought that she died from a bronchial infection. Rosalia's father was sorely grieved upon her death that he approached Dr. Alfredo Salafia, a noted embalmer, to preserve her. She was one of the last corpses to be admitted to the Capuchin catacombs of Palermo in Sicily. Thanks to Dr. Salafia's embalming techniques, the body has been well-preserved and appeared so lifelike that until...[Read More]
  Cimitero dei Cappuccini, Palermo, Provincia di Palermo, Sicilia, Italy
   

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