Such an incredibly sad way to die.

[Bretrick]

Have you heard the name - Isadora Duncan? The "Mother of Dance"
14 September, 1927 somewhere on the French Riviera (coastline), Isadora met a young man sitting in an open-air Bugatti sports car.
Being a forthright person, Isadora asked him to take her for a spin.
Miss Duncan was wearing an immense iridescent silk scarf wrapped about her neck and streaming in long folds, part of which was swathed about her body with part trailing behind.
Neither she nor the driver noticed that one of the loose ends fell over the side of the car and was caught in the rear wheel.
The automobile was going at full speed when the scarf of strong silk suddenly began winding around the wheel and with terrific force dragged Miss Duncan, around whom it was securely wrapped, bodily over the side of the car.
Isadora’s neck was broken and she died instantly.

 

[hollydolly]

yes...Have known the story most of my life.. she died just after my father was born and if he was alive today he would 98 years old

 

[KSav]

I never knew that. How awful.

 

[jujube]

People have been injured (and even killed) when a thief has grabbed a particularly strong necklace with the intention of breaking it away from their neck....and it doesn't break.

There was a young woman in NYC who was standing on the curb when a guy in a car reached out the window, grabbed her chain and she was dragged down the street.

I have several necklaces that are strung with silk cords. I put "break-away" clasps on them. Not that I think anyone is going to try to snatch them, but in case they get caught on something. Silk cords are ultra-strong.

 

[George1959]

Yes, I've read this story about 20 years ago. A really stange kind of dying.