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Club Arnage => General Discussion => Topic started by: jimclark on December 22, 2017, 06:31:38 am

Title: Bette Hill has left us.....
Post by: jimclark on December 22, 2017, 06:31:38 am

A bit late but I just found out...widow of 2x World Champ, '66 Indy and with Henri P, '72 minor endurance race in France winner, Graham, and mother of World Champ Damon. A class act. :(

RIP Bette.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bette-hill-dead-f1-graham-wife-damon-champion-drivers-mother-london-a8105686.html

Title: Re: Bette Hill has left us.....
Post by: Canada Phil on December 23, 2017, 03:59:32 am

Quote from: jimclark on December 22, 2017, 06:31:38 am

A bit late but I just found out...widow of 2x World Champ, '66 Indy and with Henri P, '72 minor endurance race in France winner, Graham, and mother of World Champ Damon. A class act. :(

RIP Bette.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bette-hill-dead-f1-graham-wife-damon-champion-drivers-mother-london-a8105686.html

Nice Obituary. Thanks for posting.
Phil

Title: Re: Bette Hill has left us.....
Post by: Boorish Grobian on December 23, 2017, 05:54:38 pm

She and Helen Stewart were integral members of the F1 community in a lethal era of the sport, frequently having to do the "dirty work" after the death of a driver.   Looking after a grieving wife, cleaning up a hotel room and collecting belonging's, etc.  After Graham's death, and the subsequent lawsuits, she didn't have much left, and did a hell of a job raising her three children.
Fax