ITALY: ROME: FUNERAL OF EDDA CIANO, DAUGHTER OF BENITO MUSSOLINI

(11 Apr 1995) Natural Sound Crowds of people turned out in Rome today for the funeral of Edda Ciano, the first and favourite daughter of Italy’s fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. Ciano died on Saturday, aged 84, following an operation to remove a kidney abscess. Today’s (Tuesday’s) funeral was attended by Mussolini’s relatives and by a crowd of fascist supporters who saluted the coffin the old Roman - fascist way. The church was packed today (Tuesday) as some of Italy’s most prominent figures remembered Edda Ciano - the daughter of Benito Mussolini. Generations of the Ciano and Mussolini clans attended including Alessandra Mussolini, parliamentary deputy for Italy’s right-wing National Alliance party. She is the daughter of one of Benito Mussolini’s sons. Many of Edda Ciano’s relatives wept as they looked upon her coffin - remembering a woman well-known for her strength of conviction. She was born Sept.