What impact did the death of Princess Grace have on you?

[Jaya]

I thought I would start a thread to ask what impact & where you were when Princess Grace in Monaco died September14,1982, a quarter century ago.I remember being expressed &defined by the beauty, the elegance, the fashion choices,the ethos,& the correctness of the greatest Lady of Monaco.The news came to me via a brother who entered my room somberly as I was leafing through I think a Harper's Bazaar with Grace on the cover. This has never happened before or since with any other world figure.He said he was sorry to deliver the news but my idol,had succumbed to her wounds in the car accident in Monaco.
I was shocked & dumbfounded for a second really. I thought of Princess Grace and all that she had meant to me while living.How she earned my great esteem and respect.I knew it would be important to keep her and all that she stood for alive in the years to come.And I hope that in some small way I have done so in my life to make it better.Princess Grace lives in my heart forever.

[hibou]

I was at my parents beach house. When I first heard about the accident I was not worried because it didn't sound like she was critically injured but then when the news came that she died I was just shocked. You start to look at your own Mother and wonder how you would cope if something like that happened. I felt very sorry for Caroline, Albert and especially Stephanie. Now all these years later Stephanie still has the trauma. I hope she will now beable to move forward from this sad event.

[bbb]

i was working downtown dallas and had just sat down at my desk when someone called and just blurted it out and hung up, i called my mom and she turned on tv and told me it was true- we both cried.
i remember pouring over the papers for days and watching the funeral and how devasted everyone was. i only read later about the roller coaster ride of stories that were put out- she only had a broken leg, then head trauma, then they had to move her to another hospital, then the heartbreaking decision at the end. it's still hard to believe she's gone, i just saw her the other day in philadelphia story and she was beautiful and perfect, i'm so glad we still have her movies to enjoy- she'll live forever.

[Vera Friedel]

I was five back in 1982, so I dont remember that.
I discovered grace Kelly and the realm of Monaco around 1986 and I've been interested in them ever since.
It was the summer of 1986 and I was reading a magazine ,I remember there was an article about Caroline expecting a baby girl and the bets about the girl name. Then there were stunning pictures of grace Kelly and I asked my aunt who that beautiful woman was. She told me that she was princess Grace and sadly she passed away due to a car accident 4 years before. I was only 9 back then but I remembered that I was very sad to learn that. She seemed so lovely,caring, she was so beautiful.
As nowadays I am very sorry for her and her family, it must have been a huge trauma for Carolline, Albert and Stéphanie, especially for her.