Isadora Duncan # 39; The girl and death danced by Jeanne Bresciani
I was asked on another non-automotive forum where I am the kind of car type that kind of car that Isadora Duncan was killed.
The story goes that she had a long scarf flowing and he was caught in the spokes of a rear wheel and either broke his neck or strangled.
I replied that I thought it was a Bugatti 35 - but realized I had no proof, as soon as I had posted.
And if it is not too morbid - the car will still exist, and we know where he is.
On the night of September 14, 1927, Duncan was a passenger in the car Amilcar 9 of a beautiful French-Italian mechanic Benoоt Falchetto, she was nicknamed Buggatti sic.
I was asked on another non-automotive forum where I am the kind of car type that kind of car that Isadora Duncan was killed.
The story goes that she had a long scarf flowing and he was caught in the spokes of a rear wheel and either broke his neck or strangled.
I replied that I thought it was a Bugatti 35 - but realized I had no proof, as soon as I had posted.
And if it is not too morbid - the car will still exist, and we know where he is.
There are some who believe that the car was a Amilcar Cgss A very French car like a Bugatti, but the probability is that this is what the car was the two cars are very similar and competed in period I own one, but can t for the life of me how to post a picture on this site.
Here's the content of that link, the official website of Bugatti just to cover their tracks.
The death of the beautiful dancer Isadora Duncan is one of the many legends surrounding the name Bugatti.
American born Duncan was not only one of his time the most prominent dancers, but it is to this day considered the progenitor of modern dance, it was mostly in Europe that developed his idiosyncratic style of dance, ex-pat shock his audience with interpretations barefoot of classic ballet with costumes that exposed openly his arms and legs to rebel against bourgeois convention, maverick Duncan supported the emancipation of women and other feminist causes.
His notorious death is not exactly a pet subject for historians Bugatti Some even go up Bugattistas whether the fateful car where the dancer has met his demise was actually a Bugatti was perhaps a Amilcar Yet it version is certainly false, since the heat of Isadora Duncan was restricted to one brand of the Bugatti automobile.
According to legend, she wanted to buy one, but could not afford at this time, most of its bills were being settled by wealthy benefactors, including her former lover Paris Singer empire heir sewing machine while the dancer met a young auto mechanic who sold the Bugatti car and asked him if he joined her for a test drive in what was to be the Bugatti Type 35 or 37 it is possible that his interest the young man went beyond a simple rotation in the car despite his being 50 years and so much more than her escort, according to oral tradition, his last words were Farewell, my friends, I'm out of glory as the car drove off, she threw a long silk scarf around her neck, which confuse open spoked wheels of the car heavy embroidered silk shot instantly tense and broke the neck of the dancer this misfortune had the Gd in Nice September 14, 1927 to 1968 film depicting the life of the legendary dancer starring Vanessa Redgrave in the t role ter Redgrave, who trained six months for Isadora, won the award for Best Actress at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.
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