The Kiss of Death (photograph)

It depicts the moment in which Linda Christian kisses Alfonso de Portago at a brief stop during the 1957 Mille Miglia race in northern Italy.

[1] The photograph depicts actress Linda Christian (wearing a dotted dress and headscarf), leaning in for a short kiss with Formula 1 driver Alfonso de Portago who wears the typical 1950's racing gear; a white helmet, goggles and a leather jacket.

[4][5] Life magazine gave fame to the photograph after it published it in its May 27 issue, under the title "Death finally takes a man who courted it".

[6] In later interviews, Linda Christian remembered the moment almost like a premonition: I had a strange sensation with that kiss.

[7]The image is part of the Bettmann Archive, stored in the Iron Mountain National Underground Storage Facility, a former limestone quarry located 220 feet (67 m) below ground in western Pennsylvania.