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  1. Oct 16, 2024 · Despite her gilded lifestyle, Soraya was unable to find genuine happiness: a romantic relationship with director Franco Indovina was cut short by his tragic death in a plane crash. When she found out that her former husband lay dying of cancer in the late seventies, she wrote to him, saying she still loved him and would like to see him.

  2. Soraya died on 25 October 2001 of undisclosed causes in her apartment in Paris, France; she was 69. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] Upon learning of her death, her younger brother, Bijan, sadly commented, "After her, I don't have anyone to talk to."

  3. Apr 13, 2017 · Princess Soraya died in Paris on Oct. 25, 2001. The Shah of Iran had died some 20 years earlier, in Cairo. She didn’t see him after he was dethroned in the revolution.

    • She Was A Spoiled Heiress. Soraya was groomed for a royal destiny from the very start. The only daughter of Iranian nobleman Khalil Esfandiary and his wife, the German heiress Eva Karl, Soraya grew up in luxury and spent her adolescence shuttling between Berlin and Isfahan while attending the best finishing schools.
    • She Had A Foul Temper. Soraya was famous for her half-Iranian, half-German good looks even as a gangly teen—but underneath she wasn't so pretty. She had a notoriously Teutonic, brusque manner coupled with a bad temper, and could snap in an instant when someone annoyed her.
    • A Single Photo Made Her Queen. Soraya’s legendary beauty preceded her, quite literally. Around 1948, the Queen Mother of Iran, Tadj ol-Molouk, was on the lookout to get her son Shah Mohammad Reza a new wife.
    • She Was Too Young. The Queen Mother was so gung-ho about Soraya, she sent over one of her daughters to see what the girl was made of. There was just one creepy fly in this ointment: At the time, Soraya was only just finishing up school and was still a painfully young teenager.
  4. Oct 26, 2001 · Princess Soraya Esfandiari Bakhtiari, the second wife of the former shah of Iran, has died in Paris, a former Iranian official close to the family said today. She was 69.

  5. Jan 7, 2024 · Soraya died on October 26th, 2001, in Paris. No one ever discussed the cause of her demise. From being crowned as the queen of Iran to leading a life of a socialite in Paris, Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari's story was a fairy tale that ended in a tragedy., People News - Times Now.

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  7. Oct 24, 2001 · Empress Soraya, the second wife of the last Shah of Iran, has died in Paris of natural causes at the age of 69. One of the most glamorous women of her day, she became Empress of Iran aged just...