This exhibition weakened Kahlo's delicate health again, who finally develops a lung that he could never recover. Thus, on July 13, 1954, Frida Kahlo He died during the early morning due to a pulmonary embolism.
Your funeral
At 47, Frida Kahlo left the earthly plane. Mexico City cried his death, to his funeral her husband attended, Diego Rivera, as well as intellectuals and political of the time.
Kahlo's body was transferred to the lobby of Palace of Fine Artswhere a chapel was installed, with the coffered coffin with the flag of the Communist Partyto which it belonged.
Some members of the Communist Party They went to pay tribute to the artist, who made long lines on both sides of the gray coffin adorned with red roses to fire Frida.
Last will
The body of Frida Kahlo It was incinerated in the Civil Pantheon, In an intimate event that Diego Rivera, the former president of the Mexican Republic, attended Lázaro Cárdenas, The engineer César Martino and Andrés iduarte, INBA director.
In addition, Vicente Toledo Lombardo and David Alfaro Siqueiros They accompanied the artist's husband, while singing «La Internacional», a hymn of the proletariat, in addition to revolutionary songs and corridos.
Their ashes They were initially placed in a cedar box. Currently their ashes are preserved in their beloved Blue house In Coyoacán.