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F1 legend Niki Lauda dies

Formula One legend Niki Lauda has died. On Monday, we reported that Mercedes' 70-year-old team chairman had left rehabilitation after his 2018 lung transplant surgery in order to receive kidney dialysis at a private clinic in Switzerland. 'With deep sadness, we announce that our beloved Niki has peacefully passed away with his family on Monday,' Lauda's family said in a statement. The great Austrian was an icon of Formula 1. He won three world championships, survived a fiery 1976 crash that left him permanently scarred, and had management roles at Ferrari, Jaguar and Mercedes. Lauda also founded airlines, and had five children. His last two children were with his second wife Birgit, who...
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