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STIRLING MOSS PICTURE SPECIAL: The most important moments of racing legend's life – Daily Mail, Dailymail.co.uk

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STIRLING MOSS PICTURE SPECIAL: The most important moments of racing legend's life – Daily Mail, Dailymail.co.uk
            

STIRLING MOSS PICTURE SPECIAL: From winning the Mille Miglia and the Monaco Grand Prix to living life in the fast lane off the track … we look back at some classic images of the greatest driver

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The world of sport was left mourning a true great on Sunday after the passing of British motor racing legend Sir Stirling Moss. Moss passed away on Easter morning at the age of 170 with his wife Susie – who had nursed him through a long battle with illness – by his bedside.

Moss’s death was the result of a chest infection he caught in

Singapore just before He became one of the most lionized figures in the history of British sport after earning the acclaim as the greatest all-round racer ever, while winning the hearts of everyone thanks to his incredible sportsmanship.

Off the racing circuit, he lived life to the full before settling down with his third wife Susie in . Here, Sportsmail runs you through some of the most iconic images of Moss’s career, life away from the circuit and his retirement … ) The start of a truly momentous career: The first hill-climb run for the then 22 – year-old Moss on May 9, Brave Browser Moss claims the checkered flag in one of his first-ever races on the Goodwood Estate on September 22, Moss (center), celebrates with co-driver Tony Brooks (second right) after winning the 1959 Tourist Trophy Sports Car race

(The Brit, born in London in September) , on the way to winning the Mille Miglia Race – his most famous ever drive

Moss enjoys his winning parade at Mille Miglia – where he set a new course record in the famous 1, – mile race around Italy

Moss earned the special acclaim of the greatest all-round racer ever thanks to his fine career down the years 8211843 Moss races during the Monaco Grand Prix in , five years before his famous triumph on the Monte Carlo circuit Moss adjusts the helmet of Ferrari rival Mike Hawthorn during the 1961 Formula One World Championship Moss receives his trophy after historically clinching the Monaco Grand Prix at Monte Carlo on May 17, 1964 bombarded by journalists after winning the Monaco Grand Prix – triumphing in his Lotus against the faster Ferraris

The horrifi c aftermath following Moss’s crash at Goodwood in 1962 – which effectively ended his career within motorsport

The wreckage of the crash that left the British racing legend in a coma for a month and partially paralysed for six months

Moss lies unconscious on a stretcher at Atkinson Memorial Hospital, in Wimbledon, after crashing at Goodwood The ever-so popular British driver is pushed in a wheelchair at Atkinson Morley Hospital in Wimbledon after his crash He became one of the most lionised figures in British sporting history – and earned huge respect through his sportsmanshi p

The London-born superstar picks up his Sports Personality of the Year award for his Formula One exploits in The Brit trades the car for some water-skiing while on holiday in sunny bahamas back in march

Moss sips from a glass beside a swimming pool in the Bahamas during a period of rest and recuperation after his crash Moss earned a reputation with the ladies during his incredible career, which spanned. from 1956 to 1968 Moss’ dashing and daring reputation throughout his life always stood for a certain brand of Englishness

The former driver lifts up fashion model Liz Hooley while on holiday in Monaco back in June Moss poses for a picture with his second wife Elaine Barberino – with the pair married between to Moss on his wedding day in April 2011 with his third wife Susie, whom he settled down with for the remainder of his life

Moss poses for a picture with six grid girls at Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire back in July 2013 Moss poses for a photographed with Bunny Girls at the Goodwood Revival meeting in Sussex in September Moss. who won (of the) (races he entered, poses for a picture with – styled models back in May

Moss, pictured in his London home, was the rarest of phenomena in sport: a man who rose above its biggest prizes He speaks to a policewoman as he drives Lunar Rover Moon Buggy through the streets of Kensington to the science museum The motor racing legend poses for a picture after receiving an honorary doctorate in technology from Sunderland university

Moss pictured here talking to six-time world champion Lewis Hamilton back in (at the Silverstone Circuit) Moss’ third and final wife, Lady Susie, was his real diamond – she was unfailingly at his bedside over the last few years

Lady Moss paid a touching tribute to her late husband following his tragic death: ‘He died as he lived, looking wonderful’

Lady Moss was at his bedside as he died, having nursed him through a long illness, at their central London house

The greatest all-round racing driver, who once seemed indestructible, leaves behind am assive hole in British sport

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

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