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Frida Kahlo's birth
Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón was born in
Coyoacán, Mexico City, Mexico -
Childhood years
When Kahlo was six years old, she contracted polio, which made her right leg shorter and thinner than the left. The illness forced her to be isolated from her peers for months and her friends bullied her for that. -
The tragic accident
Kahlo and her boyfriend were on their way home when the wooden bus collided with a streetcar. The accident fractured Kahlo's ribs, both legs and collarbone. An iron handrail fractured the pelvic bone. The accident had also displaced three vertebrae. As treatment she had to wear a plaster corset that confined her to bed. But her parents bought her a canvas, some paints and a mirror. As a result she draw her first painting, a self-portrait. -
Personal life
Kahlo soon began a relationship with Rivera, who had two common-law wives.Kahlo and Rivera were married in a civil ceremony at the town hall of Coyoacán -
Death
The demonstration worsened her illness, and on the night of 12 July 1954, Kahlo had a high fever and was in extreme pain. At approximately 6 a.m. on 13 July 1954, her nurse found her dead in her bed -
Last words
Frida Kahlo's last words were '' "I joyfully await the exit – and I hope never to return – Frida" ("Espero Alegre la Salida – y Espero no Volver jamás").
