Mary Chronopoulou: Why was the cremation of the great actress delayed?

News of the death of beloved movie star Marie Chronopoulou plunged all of Greece into mourning.

She herself requested that when she died, she would not be buried, but cremated.

A cremation date has not yet been set, and the reasons are two-fold.

In fact, it is telling that after the death of Martha Karagiani – also a great actress – who was also cremated according to her wishes – she addressed the head of the Ritsona crematorium, Antonis Alakiotis, asking to know what she should do in order for her to be cremated at her death.

It is also worth noting that he followed all instructions to the letter. She approached the funeral home and signed the release required by law to ensure her wishes were respected.

Why was Mary Chronopoulou’s cremation delayed?

However, the cremation date has not been set yet and the reasons are said to be two-fold.

First, the autopsy must be performed by a forensic pathologist, as the law stipulates that people are cremated.

Secondly, the great artist has no relatives, so receiving the body from the hospital where she ended up must be done by order of the prosecution.

According to what has become known, the procedures are expected to be completed during the first days of next week, and then her body will be cremated in Ritsona.

Her last wish

It is noteworthy that in an interview she conducted with “Loipon” magazine, she spoke about cremating the body and her last wish, which she conveyed to her friend Evanthia Rebotsica.

“My end is coming. I have organized all of this. I believe heretics. I will not be taken to church to hear those terrible words. My spiritual will says the prayers I say every night and the ones I choose and then they will burn me. I want to believe I will have the richest funeral in the world.”

I asked my dear friend Evanthia Rebotsica as a favor, to write me a little requiem. She will come to Ritsuna and play this piece for me with her beautiful red violin before the cremation. “I feel like an empress in this and I love it,” she said.