The death of Carroll Shelby has been referred to earlier, but it is sad to see that the designer and drivers of the 1959 Le Mans winning Aston Martin DBR1 all died within a few weeks of one another.
Ted Cutting:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituar ... tting.html
Carroll Shelby:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/ma ... oll-shelby
Roy Salvadori:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituar ... adori.html