Tito's Widow, First Lady of Yugoslavia, Receives State Funeral

Jovanka Broz, Yugoslavia's former First Lady who lived virtually forgotten for many years after war tore apart the socialist federation built by her husband Tito, received a state burial on Saturday. Broz died of heart failure in a Belgrade hospital on Oct. 20, at the age of 88 Thousands of mourners, many from other former Yugoslav republics, gave Broz a final salute as her coffin, covered with red flowers, was carried into the “House of Flowers” compound where she was buried next to ...

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