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(Tuesday, September 14, 1982, 10:55 p.m. Central European Summer Time) — Princess Grace of Monaco, formerly film star Grace Kelly, died tonight at the Monaco Hospital of injuries from a car crash the day before. She was 52.

On Sept.13, 1982, Grace suffered a mild cerebral hemorrhage while driving back to Monaco from her country home in Roc Agel. As a result, she lost control of her 1971 Rover P6 3500 and drove off the steep, winding road and down the 120-foot mountainside.

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Her teenage daughter Stéphanie, who was in the passenger seat, tried but failed to regain control of the car.

The Princess was taken to the Monaco Hospital (later named the Princess Grace Hospital Centre) with injuries to the brain and thorax and a fractured femur. She died the following night at 10:55 p.m. after Rainier decided to turn off her life support.

Stéphanie suffered a light concussion and a hairline fracture of a cervical vertebra and was unable to attend her mother’s funeral.

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Princess Grace’s funeral was held at the Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate in Monaco-Ville, on Sept.18, 1982. After a Requiem Mass, she was buried in the Grimaldi family vault.

Over 400 people attended, including Cary Grant, Nancy Reagan, Danielle Mitterrand, Empress Farah of Iran, and Diana, Princess of Wales.