King Florin Cioaba died of a
heart attack
while on holiday in Turkey last week. His body was carried in an
air-conditioned glass covered coffin down a four mile route in Sibiu,
Transylvania. Thousands of Roma turned out for the funeral of their
self-styled King as he was laid to rest in his hometown in
Transylvania.The 58-year-old Romania's King of the Gypsies, who had
taken to wearing a king's crown as the leader of the minority community,
became famous around the globe for arranging a marriage for his
12-year-old daughter.After watching her storm out of the church to avoid
becoming a child bride, 'King' Cioaba became an advocate for education
for Roma girls and began preaching that girls should not marry before
the age of 16.....More pics after the cut:
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