Personal Loss
Only 15 days after Wallace was stripped of her crown, Revson was killed in a fiery crash while practicing for the South African Grand Prix. Revson was exiting a turn at more than 110 mph when his car “shot off” the track, “flipped end-over-end and burst into flames,” the Associated Press reported. The vehicle “was still burning when we turned it over and lifted him out,” famed British driver Graham Hill — who would die in November the next year while piloting a small airplane — told AP. “… we managed to keep the flames … away from Revson while we got him out.” He died en route to a hospital, according to People. Revson was wearing a gold locket Wallace had given him, People reported. The locket was engraved, “If not for you ..."
Wallace attended Revson's closed-casket funeral at Manhattan’s Unitarian Church of All Souls. The event was attended by about 350 people including 1972 Indy 500 champion Mark Donohue, who would also die in a racing crash the next year.
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