Photos of Alexander Alekhine's death

Photo of the late Alexander Alekhine
Photo of the late Alexander Alekhine

Mr Terje Kristiansen (Norway) has written to us with a very interesting question about Alekhine and photos taken after his death.

Mr Kristiansen writes:

On 24 March 1946 Luís C. Lupi sent a letter to Robert Bunnelle of the Associated Press in London with “four (4) negatives and three prints of EXCLUSIVE ASSIOCIATED PRESS PHOTOS taken by me [Mr Lupi]. They are ALEXANDER ALEKHINE last photographs … Pixs show ALEKHINE lying dead in his hotel room.”

Note that the text of the letter appears in an article on Edward Winter's website here:

https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/alekhine3.html

And the question from Mr Kristiansen:

Only two of these four photos have been published. Is there any way to locate the other two photos?

Please send your reply to Jean Olivier Leconte who will forward it to Mr Kristiansen.

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