How did Isadora Duncan die?

Isadora Duncan, the Mother of American modern dance was born in San Francisco, the youngest of the four children of Joseph Charles Duncan (1819–1898), a banker, mining engineer and connoisseur of the arts, and Mary Isadora Gray (1849–1922). Isadora was born either on May 26,1877 or May 27, 1878 and died on September 14, 1927. She was an American dancer who performed to acclaim throughout Europe. She lived in Western Europe and Russia from the age of 22 until her death at 49 or 50, when her long flowing scarf became entangled in the wheels of the open air car she was riding in strangling her to death.

Duncan began her dancing career at a very early age by giving lessons in her home to other neighborhood children, and this continued through her teenage years. Her novel approach to dance was evident in these early classes, in which she traveled to Chicago where she auditioned for many theater companies, finally finding a place in Augustin Daly's company. This took her to New York City where her unique vision of dance clashed with the popular pantomimes of theater companies. In New York Duncan took some classes with Marie Bonfanti but was quickly disappointed in ballet routine.

Feeling unhappy and unappreciated in America, Duncan moved to London in 1898. There she performed in the drawing rooms of the wealthy, drawing inspiration from the Greek vases and bas-reliefs in the British Museum.