{"id":498200,"date":"2019-05-20T20:22:16","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T03:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=79407"},"modified":"2024-01-08T15:03:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T15:03:20","slug":"f1-champion-niki-lauda-passes-away-at-age-70","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/f1-champion-niki-lauda-passes-away-at-age-70\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 Champion Niki Lauda Passes Away at Age 70"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_79408\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-79408\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Lauda.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-79408\" src=\"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Lauda.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"1010\" height=\"1500\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-79408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Niki Lauda<br \/>1949\u20132019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Three-time Formula One World Champion Niki Lauda has passed away from complications of a lung transplant that he received, last year. Lauda was 70-years old.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith deep sadness, we announce that our beloved Niki has peacefully passed away with his family on Monday,\u201d Lauda\u2019s family said in a statement, according to the Austrian press agency. The statement paid tribute to \u201chis unique achievements as an athlete and entrepreneur\u201d and said, \u201chis tireless zest for action, his straightforwardness and his courage remain. A role model and a benchmark for all of us, he was a loving and caring husband, father and grandfather away from the public, and he will be missed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eight months ago, Lauda was on holiday in Ibiza when he fell ill and was subsequently flown by private jet to Vienna where he ultimately received a lung transplant at the AKH Vienna Hospital. Subsequently, Lauda had suffered a sever flu infection which had required hospitalization and then recently it was reported that Lauda was undergoing kidney dialysis. Lauda ultimately lost his courageous battle on Monday, May 20<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[button link=&#8221;https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/niki-lauda\/&#8221; color=&#8221;blue&#8221;]Click here for a detailed look back at Lauda&#8217;s racing career.[\/button]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three-time Formula One World Champion Niki Lauda has passed away from complications of a lung transplant that he received, last year. Lauda was 70-years old. \u201cWith deep sadness, we announce that our beloved Niki has peacefully passed away with his family on Monday,\u201d Lauda\u2019s family said in a statement, according to the Austrian press agency. The statement paid tribute to \u201chis unique achievements as an athlete and entrepreneur\u201d and said, \u201chis tireless zest for action, his straightforwardness and his courage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":79409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,255,18114],"tags":[18435,11363,18105],"class_list":["post-498200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-news","category-people","tag-people","tag-niki-lauda","tag-people-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>F1 Champion Niki Lauda Passes Away at Age 70<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Three-time Formula One World Champion Niki Lauda has passed away from complications of a lung transplant received last year. 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