Death:Death by Accident 18 July 1972 (Car, age 54) chart Placidus Equal_H.
Swedish former actor and stage director, named as Director and General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera in July 1972. Before assuming his prestigious post, he vacationed with his family in Sardinia. On 18 July 1972, he was killed there in an auto accident along with two of his daughters; his wife and another daughter were injured and hospitalized. Link to Wikipedia biography