Lady Lucan — whose aristocrat husband vanished after he attacked her and killed their nanny 40 years ago — died of natural causes in her upscale London home on Wednesday, Sept. 27, at the age of 80, according to the New York Times.
The estranged couple made international headlines in 1974 after their nanny, Sandra Rivett, 29, was found bludgeoned to death in their five-story townhouse. Lady Lucan, whose real name is Veronica Bingham, claimed that her husband, John Bingham — the 7th Earl of Lucan — killed Rivett in their dimly lit basement in a case of mistaken identity. Lord Lucan, she claimed, had meant to kill her.
The estranged couple made international headlines in 1974 after their nanny, Sandra Rivett, 29, was found bludgeoned to death in their five-story townhouse. Lady Lucan, whose real name is Veronica Bingham, claimed that her husband, John Bingham — the 7th Earl of Lucan — killed Rivett in their dimly lit basement in a case of mistaken identity. Lord Lucan, she claimed, had meant to kill her.
- 10/1/2017
- by Jason Duaine Hahn
- PEOPLE.com
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