Grace Kelly’s Incredible Life from Old Hollywood Star to Princess

Grace never regained consciousness after the crash. On September 14, 1982, doctors determined that her injuries and brain damage were beyond recovery, and she died at the hospital in Monaco at just 52 years old.

Her death abruptly ended a life that had already contained two extraordinary public chapters. She had gone from Oscar-winning Hollywood star to European princess in only a few years, then spent more than two decades building a new role around family, charity, and Monaco. The woman who had seemed to live several lives in one would now be remembered across generations.