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American racing driver
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Male
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Birth:
11 November 1906(Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, U.S.A.)
Death:
8 February 1939(Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, U.S.A.)
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Bill Cummings (November 11, 1906 Indianapolis, Indiana – February 8, 1939 Indianapolis, Indiana) nicknamed "Wild Bill", won the 1934 Indianapolis 500. Cummings died driving a passenger automobile on State Road 29 in Indianapolis, when he hit a guard rail and plunged 50 feet (15 m) into Lick Creek. Cummings was pulled from the water by passers-by while still alive, but died in the hospital two days later .