DID YOU KNOW ?
WHERE GREAT STARS FALL AND REST IN PEACE WITH THE BELOVED OF MONACO
By Justin Brisk
On November 30 , 2021 an extraordinary event took place in Paris . The American-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker who died in 1975 and is buried in Monaco was ceremonially included in the Pantheon monument with earth from her birth place Saint Louis , Paris and Monaco , making the entertainer , who is a World War II hero in France , the first Black woman to receive the country ’ s highest honour .
The Paris monument houses the remains of scientist Marie Curie , French philosopher Voltaire , writer Victor Hugo and other French luminaries and is now also a cenotaph honouring Josephine Baker . But the remains of the ‘ Black Pearl ’ still stay in Monaco ’ s only cemetery that occupies 2 hectares in the western part of the city .
If one day you come there to pay honour to the memory of this outstanding woman you ’ ll see some other famous names on the gravestones . Do you know who also found peace in this calm and light place ? хххххххххххххххх
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