King stood on the motel's second-floor balcony when the bullet entered through his right cheek, smashing his jaw, then traveled down his spinal cord before lodging in his shoulder. After emergency chest surgery, King was pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Hospital at 7.05 pm. (4 April 1968)
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Goodwood Circuit
Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom.
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Tuesday 2nd of June 1970 (-) — Formula One racer Bruce McLaren crashes while testing his new McLaren M8D. McLaren's Can-Am car crashed on the Lavant Straight just before Woodcote corner. The rear bodywork came adrift at speed making the loss of aerodynamic downforce destabilising the car, which spun, left the track and hit a bunker used as a flag station.