The American dancer Isadora Duncan, a pioneer of modern dance, died in particularly unusual circumstances. What happened?
The answer
In 1927 in Nice, Isadora Duncan's long scarf became caught in the rear wheel of an open-top car, strangling her instantly — a death as theatrical as her life had been.
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