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Died in The Hague cremated in London ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse#Died_in_The_Hague_cremated_in_London_? Hello, following a discussion on WP Fr [1], does it seem possible that Anna Pavlova died in The Hague and was cremated in Golder Green Thank you for any answer, best regards Pierrette13 (talk) 20:27, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Pierrette13: I'm a bit busy tonight, will come back to this later, but for starters here's Birmingham Daily Gazette - Tuesday 27 January 1931 "PAVLOVA" "The body of Pavlova, the dancer, will arrive in London from The Hague on Thursday morning, and will lie in state in the Russian Church, Buckingham Palace-road, London, before cremation the following day at Golder's Green" DuncanHill (talk) 20:36, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello @DuncanHill thank you so much for your answer, best regards, Pierrette13 (talk) 08:25, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Pierrette13: I can produce a lot more this evening, but also here is a citation to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, a standard reference work.Pritchard, Jane (6 January 2011). "Pavlova, Anna Pavlovna [formerly Anna Matveyevna Pavlova]". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37836. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) It says "On the journey she caught a chill; she contracted pneumonia, which turned to pleurisy, and died at the Hôtel des Indes in The Hague on 23 January 1931. She was cremated at Golders Green, London." The author of that article, Jane Pritchard, is Curator of Dance at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and a former archivist of both the Rambert Dance Company and the English National Ballet, and the author of Anna Pavlova: Twentieth-Century Ballerina. DuncanHill (talk) 08:34, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello @DuncanHill, thank you, I will introduce the ODNB reference, it's ok for this topic, I appreciate your help, best regards, Pierrette13 (talk) 08:51, 15 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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