Salvador Dali’s Body to be Exhumed in Paternity Case

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The body of Spanish artist Salvador Dali is to be exhumed in order to prove, or disprove a woman’s claims she is his illegitimate daughter. The woman, who was born in 1956, claims she is the result of an extramarital affair between Dali and her mother who worked as a maid.
On Monday a court in Madrid, Spain ordered the surrealist artist’s body to be exhumed “to get samples of his remains to determine whether he is the biological father.” The woman, Pilar Abel Martinez, has been trying to prove she is Dali’s daughter since 2007. Martinez claims her mother told her she was involved in a secret relationship with the painter when she worked as a maid for a family in Port Lligat close to the Spanish border with France.
The Salvador Dali Foundation have revealed they will appeal the courts order to exhume Dali’s body.

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