1970: January 4th – Amidst the strangest of
circumstances, Keith Moon of The Who accidently ran over and killed his
chauffer, Neil Boland.
It seems that a gang of teens attacked Moon’s Bentley
limo. When chauffer Boland got out to
try and protect the car, he inadvertently left it in gear … and as it started
moving forward, Moon (who didn’t have a driver’s license) jumped behind the
wheel and accidently gunned the engine instead of hitting the brake. Unbeknownst to him, Boland had been beaten
and had fallen under the car. He was run
over and killed.
Keith was eventually absolved of any blame and didn’t
face any type of involuntary or accidental murder charges … but the incident
haunted him for the rest of his life. It
didn’t help that Neil’s family never forgave him for the accident.
