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Lance Graf von Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow, [1] (February 24, 1936 – July 24, 1972) was a British-born American entrepreneur, racing driver and heir to the Woolworth fortune. Reventlow was the only child of heiress Barbara Hutton and her second husband, Count Kurt Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow.
Jul 26, 1972 · ASPEN, Colo., July 25 (UPI) —Lance Reventlow, heir to the Woolworth fortune and son of Barbara Hutton, one of the world's richest women, was killed with three other persons yesterday in the...
Apr 12, 2023 · The pilot of the small single-engine plane, a Cessna 206, lifted off from the Aspen, Colorado airport on July 24, 1972, a little before 6 p.m. One of the three passengers, Lance Reventlow, wanted to look at a piece of property he was interested in buying near his Aspen home. He could afford it.
Mar 24, 2022 · Frustratingly, even before the first chassis was finished, playboy Lance Reventlow’s racing dream was crushed by the new regulations. The long-held American ambition to win outright ‘across The Pond’ had to wait for the arrival of Henry Ford’s GT40 sortie.
Sep 12, 2022 · In creating the Scarabs, Lance Reventlow did a great thing. He took his vast fortune and built a world-beating race car that made history.
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Jun 19, 2014 · Lance Reventlow drives the Scarab F1 car at Riverside, 1960. Perhaps seeking more prestige or merely more speed, Reventlow abandoned the California sunshine for a season racing a rented Cooper Formula 2 car in Britain.
Oct 12, 2023 · As an impressionable youngster, Reventlow was drawn to auto racing through his influence. Lance Reventlow aboard the Scarab sports car at California’s Riverside Raceway in 1960. (Bob Gates Collection photo) With his resources, Reventlow did more than fantasize about being a race car driver.
Oct 5, 2020 · In 1972, Reventlow tragically perished in a plane crash while scouting for real estate to develop near his Aspen, Colo., home. Reventlow failed in his dream to produce a winning American Formula One car.
Aug 24, 2018 · On his 21st birthday, The New York Times reported, Lance Reventlow inherited $25 million, as well as his choice of American, British, or Danish citizenship. “I thought it over for a full 20 seconds,” he said, and signed with the Yankees. A lucky choice it was for American race fans.
Feb 6, 2016 · Lance Reventlow (born 24 Feb 1936 Paddington, London, England; died 24 Jul 1972 in the Rocky Mountains, near Lenado, Colorado). One time husband of Jill St. John and step-son of Cary Grant, Lance, heir to the Woolworth fortune, died in a plane accident.
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