FUNERAL PARK, MOURNERS, ARRIVALS OF LADY IN BLACK, SHE PLACES WREATH, EXITS.




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Background: FILM SHOWING THE "LADY IN BLACK" ATTENDING MEMORIAL SERVICED FOR RUDOLPH VALENTINO.

MOURNERS GATHERED QUIETLY AT RUDOLPH VALENTINO'S CRYPT AT HOLLYWOOD MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY ON THE 27TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ACTOR'S DEATH.

THE MYSTERIOUS "LADY OF BLACK" APPEARED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVERAL YEARS. SHE WAS CRUTCHES, AND ARRIVED AND LEFT IN A CADILLAC. THE LADY IN BLACK - BEFORE HER RECENT ILLNESS - APPEARED REGULARLY AT VALENTINO'S LAST RESTING PLACE ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH. SHE IS ALWAYS DRESSED IN BLACK AND HEAVILY VEILED. HER IDENTITY HAS NEVER BEEN MADE PUBLIC.

VALENTINO DIED IN 1926 AT THE AGE OF 31.