Two extraordinary women died today in car crashes, fifty five years apart. The first was the dancer Isadora Duncan whose neck was broken as her trailing scarf got caught in the rear wheel of her Bugatti in 1927. The second was the gorgeous Princess Grace of Monaco (aka the actress Grace Kelly) whose sports car went off a road and plunged 120 feet over the edge. Both accidents happened near Nice and both women were already legends before Fate intervened.
In other news ...
Jack Hawkins was born today in 1910. The gravel-voiced actor always played officer or authority figures, from Gideon of the Yard to General Allenby. One of his last films was as General Picton in Waterloo by which time throat cancer had robbed him of his marvellous voice. What a loss.
