>From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isadora_Duncan
Duncan's fondness for flowing scarves which trailed behind her was the cause
of her death in a freak automobile accident
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths> in Nice
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nice> , France, on the night of September 14,
1927, at the age of 50. . . .
Duncan was a passenger in the Amilcar <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amilcar>
[5] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isadora_Duncan#cite_note-4#cite_note-4>
automobile of a handsome French-Italian mechanic, Benont Falchetto, whom she
had nicknamed 'Buggatti' [sic]. . . .when Falchetto drove off, Duncan's
immense handpainted silk scarf, which was a gift from Desti and was large
enough to be wrapped around her body and neck and flutter out of the car,
became entangled around one of the vehicle's open-spoked wheels and rear
axle. As The New York Times
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times> noted in its obituary of
the dancer on September 15, 1927, "Isadora Duncan, the American dancer,
tonight met a tragic death at Nice on the Riviera. According to dispatches
from Nice Miss Duncan was hurled in an extraordinary manner from an open
automobile in which she was riding and instantly killed by the force of her
fall to the stone pavement."[6]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isadora_Duncan#cite_note-5#cite_note-5> Other
sources describe her death as resulting from strangulation, noting that she
was almost decapitated by the sudden tightening of the scarf around her
neck.[7]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isadora_Duncan#cite_note-6#cite_note-6>
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-----Original Message-----
From: spridgets-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:spridgets-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of CosmicMag1380
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 1:01 PM
To: Spridgets
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Opinion s requested...
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 11:16 AM, cclabaw@juno.com <cclabaw@juno.com> wrote:
I was told at the time that it was a DOT mandate to protect pedestrians
(ankles?).
No, it was most likely because of the Hollywood "starlet" who was driving
her car with a long scarf on that got snagged on the spinner and choked her
to death... The bleeding heart liberals were after spinners for a long time
in order to protect us from ourselves! From there it probably became the
"cash for clunkers" idea...
--
Kent
1960 Bugeye
1967 Sprite - following in the 73's footsteps to the boneyard...
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