Alfonso de Portago
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Alfonso Cabeza de Vaca y Leighton, 11th Marquess of Portago, GE, best known as Alfonso de Portago, was a Spanish aristocrat, racing and bobsleigh driver, jockey and pilot.
Portago aboard his Ferrari 860 Monza, 1957
Portago's iconic Maserati Osca MT4, driven during the 1954 24 Hours of Le Mans
#12 Alfonso de Portago during the 1957 Cuban Grand Prix in Havana
Portago at the 1956 Winter Olympics, where he missed bronze by 0.16 seconds
The Kiss of Death, also known as The Last Kiss, is a black and white photograph by an unknown author, taken on 12 May 1957. It depicts the moment in which Linda Christian kisses Alfonso de Portago at
Alfonso de Portago
…The bodies of Portago and Nelson were badly disfigured with Portago's body being found underneath his own Ferrari, severed in two. A photograph dubbed "The Kiss of Death" shows Portago kissing actress Linda Christian at a stop just before his fatal crash. Once Portago commented, "I won't die in an accident. I'll die of…
The Kiss of Death, Cavriana, 12 May 1957.