In September 1964 Montreal witnessed its largest funeral since the Duplessis do five years earlier. The person being buried was not a politician, statesman, entertainer, hell, we're not even talking about a public figure, or even a man.Clue: there's a little hint in the picture which suggests where this photo was taken. That should give you somethign to work with.
Clue 2: There were many, many photographers present taking shots of those in attendance. But the photographers weren't from newspapers, family, or magazines. Answer - YES! We had some excellent deduction in the comment section, including the ultimate correct response - it's the funeral of Rosa Michelotti-Cotroni, mother of the famous Montreal mob brothers Frank and Vito. The photo - judging by the vista at the end of the road - appears to be of the ultra-Italian Dante Street. Here's the newspaper report.
the death of the OLD forum?
ReplyDeleteno thats not it at all...retract please
ReplyDeleteI was going to say "a horse" but on reading
ReplyDeletethe clues, you do say "person", but "not even a man".
So it's a woman. I'd guess the wife or widow of a famous
person.
Apparently married women got full legal rights that year, so
it could almost be the death of a male dominated society?
Michael
Firstly - what street is it?
ReplyDeleteMachine Gun Molly?
ReplyDeleteMother of a mafioso? (Then the photogs would have been various police seeing which hoods showed up.)
ReplyDeleteYou're there! Gimme a name now.
ReplyDeleteVic Controni's mother
ReplyDeletewell the street is Dante... :)
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