 On 13 April 2005, Paoli's remains, and those of his (second) wife Adina Bonini (who had died in May 1978) were exhumed and reinterred in Ponce's Román Baldorioty de Castro National Pantheon and buried by the base of his statue.The bust of Paoli at the Pantheon's rotunda is the work of Puerto Rican sculptor Gladys Nieves.Antonio Paoli was the first Puerto Rican to gain international recognition in the performing arts.