How Niki Lauda Died, Date of Death, Age of Death, Birthday, and More!

Niki Lauda reached the respectable age of 70 years. Find out the cause of death and more exciting information regarding the death of this famous race car driver.

Biography - A Short Wiki

Austrian Formula One racer who won three F1 World Championships in 1975, 1977, and 1984. He became the first driver in F1 history to have been a champion for both Ferrari and McLaren. Also an aviation entrepreneur, he founded three airlines.

He was married to Marlene Knaus from 1976-1991. They raised two sons, Mathias and Lukas. Mathias became a professional racer and Lukas became Mathias’s manager. He married Birgit Wetzinger in 2008. The couple welcomed twins in 2009, a boy and a girl. 

How did Niki Lauda die?

Information about the death of Niki Lauda
Cause of deathN/A
Age of death70 years
ProfessionRace Car Driver
BirthdayFebruary 22, 1949
Death dateMay 20, 2019
Place of deathUniversity Hospital of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Place of burialHeiligenstadt Cemetery, Vienna, Austria

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The alliance with air Berlin is attractive for me. I can use the whole sales network of the air Berlin and 24 percent of my own airline at air Berlin sold.

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I hate being famous. You have no freedom. You can’t do anything.

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I want to bring passengers on my airplanes to present to them my product.

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People say that F1 is blessed with the ‘best drivers in the world,’ but I want to witness the ‘total best drivers in the world,’ and this means taking away the elements that make their job easier.

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The crucial point is always the own cost structure. Therefore I created a Low Cost alliance with air Berlin.

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