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Article: Books: The great inspirer; Isadora -The Sensational Life of Isadora Duncan. By Peter Kurth (Little, Brown, pounds 25).(Features)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- February 23, 2002
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Byline: Richard Edmonds
Isadora's death in 1927 was almost as theatrical as her life.
The end came in Nice, where a young aeroplane pilot, her current Lohengrin, drove her out in his Amilcar Grand Sport. Cars held bad vibes for Duncan for her two illegitimate children by Paris Singer, the sewing machine millionaire, had been drowned in the Seine in 1913 when a Renault rolled downhill into the river while the chauffeur was fiddling with the starting handle.
Sadly, this time the 18-inch fringes of a much-prized Chinese shawl caught in the wheel ...