The death in a car accident 87 years ago

Raymond and Elizabeth Duncan on Isadora's funeral. Nice, 16 September, 1927. De Sumatara Post, 15.10.1927.

14 september 1927 Isadora Duncan has died in a car accident. At that evening, a french  driver came to dancer with a car to  take her for a short driving,by the other sorces,to demonstrait a vechicle or teach her driving. Isadora was suggested to wrap herself in a cape and the driver offered her his leather jacket . But Isadora refused, and wrapped herself with a shawl or put it around her neck. The loose of the shawl was laying on the ground,but nobody noticed it. Only when the car started to move, Mary Desti, who acompanied Duncan to the auto, saw that and сried to her friend: "Isadora! Ton chale! Ton chale!" But she wasn't heard and everything hapened too quickly.  A scarf stuck in a wheel,broke her neck and cut carotid artery.The  vechicle of the car was strong. The arrived doctor said that there was nothing that he could do about that.The death was instant.
 Before the ride, her last words was "Adieu, mes amis. Je vais a la gloire!" (Farewell, my friends, I go to glory). Althoght, Mary Desti later confessed that her actual words was "Je vais à l'amour" ("I am off to love"). Two hours later her body was delivered to her studio. She was put on the sofa and covered  by  shale, in which she was dancing, a purple robe was thrown on her legs.  The studio was filled with flowers and candles.On the table a photo of  Isadora  with her children was standing .
  The mayor of Nice after finding out  that among Duncan's papers was a certificate of soviet citizenship, forbade to bury the dancer in Nice. She was burried in Pere Lachaise,France, under her kids graves. On her funeral and cremation were perfomed "Ave Maria", Bach's "Aria", Beethoven's "In this dark tomb".

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