Gardel's body

Carlos Gardel died in Colombia in 1935 along with his guitarists or personnel Alfredo Le Pera, Guillermo Barbieri, Ángel Riverol and José Compas Moreno. The famous singer was buried in Medellin for six months but do you think that was the end of El Invicto? You'd better not: Carlitos's cadaver took a 51 day tour from the Colombian cities of La Pintada, Riosucio, Armenia and Buenaventura to New York, Rio and Montevideo before arriving back to Buenos Aires. The others could not be disintered until a year later. El Zorzal-Gardel-had better legal representation. ("En Avion, Ni Muerto", 100 Anécdotas desconocidas sobre Gardel, by Norberto Chab).