What is Clara Petacci?
[[File:Clara Petacci.png|thumb|Clara Petacci]] [[File:Mussolini e Petacci a Piazzale Loreto, 1945.jpg|thumb|Mussolini and Petacci. Petacci is the 3rd from the left.]] '''Clara Petacci''' (28 February 1912 – 28 April 1945) was the last [[mistress (lover)|mistress]] of [[Benito Mussolini]], who was 28 years older.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,663384,00.html |title=In Bed with Benito |first= Alexander|last=Smoltczyk|work=Spiegel Online: International Edition |date=26 November 2009 |publisher=SpiegelNet GmbH |location=[[Hamburg, Germany|Hamburg]] |access-date=24 May 2012}}</ref> She was born in [[Rome]]. Mussolini tried to escape to Switzerland, with some of his helpers. After being captured Petacci was given an opportunity to flee, which she declined. She was shot, with the other prisoners.The bodies were then hung head down in [[Milan]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commons cat-inline}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Petacci, Clara}} [[Category:1912 births]] [[Category:1945 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths by firearm in Italy]] [[Category:People from Rome]]