What happened to Max Mosley? Here’s everything we know about the former president of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA).
Max Mosley was a British racing driver and lawyer.
Moreover, he was the president of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA). He passed away on 23 May 2021. RIP to the ex-Formula One boss.
RIP: What Happened To Max Mosley? Suicide Linked His Cause Of Death
Max Mosley committed suicide on 23 May 2021.
Reportedly, he shot himself with a shotgun in his Chelsea home. He had previously learned that he had weeks to live due to cancer, insinuating the action.
The 81-year-old was under palliative care for lymphoma, diagnosed in 2019, before his death. Westminster Coroner’s Court heard.
On 23 May, Max told his PA/gardener Henry Alexander about his plan to end everything through email. Likewise, he had a final dinner with his wife, Jean, that evening.
Then on the following morning, Henry discovered a note nailed to Max’s bedroom door that notified the readers not to enter and called the police. After some time, police arrived and found Max lying on the bed with a shotgun.
Dr. Rasha Al-Quarainy, a Central and North West London NHS Trust consultant in palliative care, handled Max’s case in April 2021. And since the B-cell Lymphoma was inoperable, he had a poor prognosis.
Likewise, Dr. Christopher McNamara, a consultant haematologist, had been treating his illness from October 2019 to his death. His patient had taken some medications against his prescription. Further, Max was upset due to his uncomfortable quality of life.
Senior Coroner Dr. Fiona Wilcox ruled the death to be a suicide on 29 March 2022.
Max Mosley’s Wife
Max Mosley’s widow is Jean Mosley.
She was the daughter of City of London police officer James Taylor. The couple met each other at a party two years before their wedding, during which Max was studying physics at Christ Church, Oxford.
The couple had their marriage in July 1960 at the Chelsea Registry Office. They had two sons, Alexander (death in 2009 due to non-dependent drug abuse) and Patrick.
As per Evening Standard, Jean was serious, intelligent, and strikingly beautiful. She was also the one who introduced her late husband to motorsport. Reportedly, she once got two tickets to a Silverstone motor racing event, which hooked her husband.
In 2008, the News of the World newspaper printed photos and published videos of his involvement in sadomasochistic sex (S&M) sessions. Max then filed a privacy case against the publication, which he won.
Max reportedly told the high court that he had practiced S&M for years. However, his wife knew nothing about it until she read it in the paper.
Jean likes to maintain her anonymity. Nevertheless, an F1 correspondent had previously reported that she used to live mostly at their Monaco home with occasional visits to their mews house in Chelsea.
Max Mosley’s Net Worth
Max Mosely’s estimated net worth is $16 million.
His primary source of income was his involvement in the racing business. He was the president of the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), the governing body for Formula One and other international motorsports.