This Day in History: An estimated five million mourners, more than one-eighth of the population of Egypt, flooded the streets of Cairo on this day in 1970 in order to witness the 15 mile long funeral procession for President Gamal Abdel Nasser, who had died suddenly on Monday from a heart attack.
The funeral of C. N. Annadurai a year prior in India had 15 million attendees.
Perhaps the biggest funeral in France was for author Victor Hugo in 1885 where 2 to 3 million people attending.
Juan and Eva Peron had millions attend their respective funerals.
Some of the most-viewed (televised) funerals are those of Princess Diana (2.5 billion), Pope John Paul II (2 billion), Michael Jackson (3 billion), Muhammad Ali (1 billion). 41.5 million viewed JFK's funeral in 1963, which was impressive for the time.
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