away from stunt and speed work in 1982 after stunt colleagues were killed while performing. She moved to Minneapolis with Michaelson, and eventually moved to Eureka, South Dakota, with Raymond Wald. When she retired, O'Neil had set 22 speed records on land and water. She died on November 2, 2018, of pneumonia in Eureka, South Dakota, at age 72. In 2019, she received the Oscars in Memoriam award. Further reading , Notes References External links Photo: Dressed as Wonder Woman, O'Neil leaping, February 12, 1979 - (Bettmann Archive/Getty Images) Photo: O’Neil leaping off the Valley Hilton in Sherman Oaks, California, as Wonder Woman in 1979 - (R.L. Oliver/Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive/UCLA Library Special Collections via The New York Times) 1946 births 2018 deaths Female dragster drivers Sportspeople from Corpus Christi, Texas Racing drivers from Texas Deaf sportspeople American stunt performers American female racing drivers American deaf people American people of Cherokee descent People from Eureka, South Dakota 21st-century American women