Mar. 14, 1961 - Britain's Belinda Lee - Killed in Car Crash.. Her Fiance -Gualtiero Jacopetti is Injured:British screen star Belinda Lee (26) was killed last night in a 100 m.p.h car crash on the desert highway between Las Vegas and Los Angeles. The Station wagon in which she and three Italian film men were riding - blew a rear tyre - plunged into a ditch and cart wheeled into the desert. Belinda Lee was trhown 63ft. from the car and she died in the arms of a Highway patrolman fifteen minutes after the crash. The three Italians were taken to hospital suffering from injuries
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4473 x 5504 px | 37.9 x 46.6 cm | 14.9 x 18.3 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
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Mar. 14, 1961 - Britain's Belinda Lee - Killed in Car Crash.. Her Fiance -Gualtiero Jacopetti is Injured:British screen star Belinda Lee (26) was killed last night in a 100 m.p.h car crash on the desert highway between Las Vegas and Los Angeles. The Station wagon in which she and three Italian film men were riding - blew a rear tyre - plunged into a ditch and cart wheeled into the desert. Belinda Lee was trhown 63ft. from the car and she died in the arms of a Highway patrolman fifteen minutes after the crash. The three Italians were taken to hospital suffering from injuries. They were 41 year old Rome film director Gualtiero Jacopetti, who claimed he was Miss Lee's fiance' Nino Falenga (43) of Hollywood, driver of the car and Paola Cavara (34).. Photo shows Belinda Lee and Gualtiero Jacopetti when she visited Rome last June. (Credit Image: Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS)