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Vanessa Gera

Associated Press

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The only known photograph of Frédéric Chopin, taken in 1849.

Chopin's Heart Exhumed in Secret, Like a Relic

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

By Vanessa Gera : Associated Press

As Frederic Chopin gasped for air on his deathbed in Paris in 1849, he whispered a request that became the stuff of musical legend: Remove my heart after I die and entomb it in Poland.

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