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Death of Peter Revson. Fifteen days after Wallace was stripped of her crown, Peter Revson was killed in a fiery crash on March 22, 1974, while practicing for the 1974 South African Grand Prix in Johannesburg. He died en route to a hospital and was wearing a gold locket Wallace had given him bearing the engraving, "If not for you ..."
At the time of his death, he was engaged to the recently dethroned [a] 1973 Miss World, Marjorie Wallace . Early life and racing career. Peter Revson spent his childhood in White Plains, New York, attending prep schools. He had two sisters, Jennifer and Julie Ann, as well as a younger brother Doug, who was killed in a race in Denmark in 1967.
Mar 25, 2024 · Doctors said Revson was wearing a gold locket around his neck, a present from his friend, the former Miss World, Marjorie Wallace of Indianapolis. It said, “If not for you-Marji.” Hill, who was one of the first to reach the accident scene, said he was sure Revson had not miscalculated
Aug 24, 2016 · He dated Marjorie Wallace, a former Ms. World, and his co-driver at Sebring was an actor-turned-racer named Steve McQueen. Revson, you see, was the guy that the King of Cool took his cues...
His most recent steady girlfriend was Marjorie Wallace, the first American to be crowned Miss World. Despite his jet-set, playboy image, Revson took auto-racing seriously. "It was the most...
Jun 26, 2023 · Revson was 35 when he died and was engaged at the time to the 1973 Miss World, Marjorie Wallace. He was the second Revson to die in a racing accident after his brother died in an accident in 1967 in Denmark.
Mar 13, 2013 · Yes, his uncle founded the Revlon empire and he did become engaged to Marjorie Wallace, the reigning Miss World (a title she forfeited – there being no scope in the rules for a Mrs World), but if you read the book you’ll not doubt for an instant that it was written by an intensely thoughtful, intelligent and, above all, hard working man.
