Last Surviving Sister Who Inspired Julia Alvarez’s ‘In The Time Of The Butterflies,’ Dede Mirabal, Has Died
The last surviving sister that inspired Julia Alvarez’s award-winning novel “In the Time of the Butterflies” has passed away.
Belgica Adela Mirabal died on Saturday, Feb. 1 of pulmonary complications at a hospital in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She was 88.
“Doña Dedé,” as she was affectionately known, was the last surviving of four sisters known as the butterflies, who fought to overthrow one of the most ruthless dictators in Latin America and the Caribbean, Rafael Leonidas Trujillo.
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