Who was the dancer in 1920's who was strangled when her scarf caught in the wheels of a car?

Answer 1

Isadora Duncan

Duncan often wore scarves which trailed behind her, and this caused her death in a freak accident in Nice, France. She was killed at the age of 49 when her scarf caught in the open-spoked wheel of her friend Ivan Falchetto's Amilcar automobile, in which she was a passenger. As the driver sped off, the long cloth wrapped around the vehicle's axle. Duncan was yanked violently from the car and dragged for several yards before the driver realized what had happened. She died almost instantly from a broken neck. The tragedy gave rise to Gertrude Stein's mordant remark that "affectations can be dangerous."

Answer 2

THE DEATH OF ISADORA DUNCAN
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If I remember everything correctly, her scarf was caught in the open rear wheel of a contemporary sports car, and thus - this is awful - got strangled. In a biography about here, the marque of the car in which it happened is stated to be a Bugatti, but I recall being told that this isn't necessarily sure - that is, that the marque isn't really known, but Bugatti fitted the picture very well, describing what kind of car is was, rather than the actual marque.

Answer 3

Isadora Duncan

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Isadora Duncan

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Isadora Duncan

Answer 6

isadora duncan she was a freeform dancer during the beginning of the last century, she was considered risque in her day. she died in the south of france.

Answer 7

it was Isadora Duncan

Answer 8

I know what you're talking about but I cannot remember her name. I had tried to find more information myself struck by this extraordinary death.

Vegasistrapped is right. That's the name.

Answer 9

http://www.bugattipage.com/jacob/InfoHunt/Q-076.html

Isadora Duncan