Retirement
Elliott returned to Dublin in 1967 and set up a metal-working business with his father. Marguerite remained in France, with his only son Pascal. Elliott tried a racing comeback in Britain in 1970 with the Falcon Cycles team and came 21st in his first race, London-Holyhead. Domestic professional racing was not as attractive or rewarding as continental. Combining cycling with a full-time job meant he struggled. Despite problems, he continued to ride, train juniors and formulate plans for Irish cycling.
On 21 April 1971 his father James "Jim" Elliott died. Two weeks after his father's death, on May 4, 1971, Elliott was found dead in the living quarters above the family business premises. The cause of death was from a shotgun wound. He was laid to rest alongside his father at St Mochonogs Church, Kilmacanogue near Enniskerry, Co Wicklow.
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