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Chapter 29

           Themassiveheartattackhadturnedhisruddyfacealmostblue.Hewasinextremis.Hesmelledthegarden,theyellowshieldoflightsmotehiseyes,andhewhispered,"Lifeissobeautiful."

           Hewassparedthesightofhiswomen’stears,dyingbeforetheycamebackfromchurch,dyingbeforetheambulancearrived,orthedoctor.Hediedsurroundedbymen,holdingthehandofthesonhehadmostloved.

           Thefuneralwasroyal.TheFiveFamiliessenttheirDonsandcaporegimes,asdidtheTessioandClemenzaFamilies.JohnnyFontanemadethetabloidheadlinesbyattendingthefuneraldespitetheadviceofMichaelnottoappear.FontanegaveastatementtothenewspapersthatVitoCorleonewashisGodfatherandthefinestmanhehadeverknownandthathewashonoredtobepermittedtopayhislastrespectstosuchamananddidn’tgiveadamnwhoknewit.

           Thewakewasheldinthehouseofthemall,intheold-fashionedstyle.AmerigoBonaserahadneverdonefinerwork,haddischargedallobligations,bypreparinghisoldfriendandGodfatheraslovinglyasamotherpreparesabrideforherwedding.EveryonecommentedonhownotevendeathitselfhadbeenabletoerasethenobilityandthedignityofthegreatDon’scountenanceandsuchremarksmadeAmerigoBonaserafillwithknowingpride,acurioussenseofpower.OnlyheknewwhataterriblemassacredeathhadperpetratedontheDon’sappearance.

           Alltheoldfriendsandservitorscame.Nazorine,hiswife,hisdaughterandherhusbandandtheirchildren,LucyMancinicamewithFreddiefromLasVegas.

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