Carroll Shelby Death
Carroll passed away on May 10, 2012 at the age of 89 in Dallas, Texas, USA.
When did Carroll Shelby die?
May 10, 2012How old was Carroll Shelby when died?
89Where did Carroll Shelby die? What was the location of death?
Dallas, Texas, USA
Carroll Shelby Birthday and Date of Death
Carroll Shelby was born on January 11, 1923 and died on May 10, 2012. Carroll was 89 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: January 11, 1923
Date of Death: May 10, 2012
Age at Death: 89
Carroll Shelby - Biography
Carroll Hall Shelby (January 11, 1923 – May 10, 2012) was an American automotive designer, racing driver and entrepreneur. He was best known for his involvement with the AC Cobra and later the Mustang-based performance cars for Ford Motor Company known as Shelby Mustangs which he had done since 1965. His company, Shelby American Inc., founded in 1962, currently sells modified Ford vehicles, as well as performance parts.
Shelby was married seven times. Shelby's first wife was Jeanne Fields; they married on December 18, 1943. They had three children: Sharon Anne (born September 27, 1944), Michael Hall (born November 2, 1946) and Patrick Bert (born October 23, 1947). They divorced in February 1960; Shelby later admitted to an extramarital affair with Jan Harrison, an actress. In 1962, Shelby married Harrison, but the marriage was annulled the same year. His third marriage to a New Zealand woman, which he entered in order to get her into the United States, lasted only a few weeks before ending in divorce. His fourth marriage, to Sandra Brandstetter, lasted a couple of years before ending in divorce.
In 1989, after 28 years single, Carroll married Cynthia Psaros, a former actress, beauty queen, and daughter of a retired US Marine colonel fighter pilot. During this marriage, Carroll received his long-awaited heart transplant. Their marriage lasted a few short years before ending in divorce. In the 1990s he married Helena "Lena" Dahl, a Swedish woman he had met in 1968. She died in a car accident in 1997. It was his only marriage which did not end in divorce, annulment, or separation. Just four months after Dahl's death, Shelby married his last wife, Cleo, a British former model who drove rally cars. She was 25 years his junior. They were in the process of divorce when he died in 2012.
Shelby received a heart transplant in 1990, and a kidney transplant in 1996. Shelby died on May 10, 2012, at the age of 89. He had been suffering from a serious heart ailment for decades.
