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Author Topic: Bette Hill has left us.....  (Read 2254 times)
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« 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. Sad

RIP Bette.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/bette-hill-dead-f1-graham-wife-damon-champion-drivers-mother-london-a8105686.html
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« Reply #1 on: December 23, 2017, 03:59:32 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. Sad

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.
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« Reply #2 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.
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