What is Ken Kavanagh?
[[File:Ken Kavanagh 1.jpg|right|200px]] '''Thomas Kenrick Kavanagh''' (12 December 1923 — 26 November 2019) was an [[Australians|Australian]] [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix]] motorcycle [[Road racing|road racer]] and [[racecar]] driver. He was born in [[Melbourne]]. In [[1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1952]], Kavanagh became the first Australian to win a [[motorcycle]] Grand Prix race when he won the [[1952 Ulster Grand Prix|350cc Ulster Grand Prix]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profiles/Ken+Kavanagh |title=Ken Kavanagh career statistics at MotoGP.com |access-date=2019-12-02 |archive-date=2020-03-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318080149/https://www.motogp.com/en/riders/Ken+Kavanagh |url-status=dead }}</ref> Kavanagh died in [[Bergamo]], [[Italy]] on 26 November 2019 at the age of 95.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cortinovis |first1=Giovanni |title=Addio Kavanagh, uomo dei record L'australiano viveva a Bergamo |url=https://www.ecodibergamo.it/stories/premium/Sport/addio-kavanagh-uomo-dei-recordlaustraliano-viveva-a-bergamo_1329773_11/ |access-date=29 November 2019 |agency=L'Eco di Bergamo}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kavanagh, Ken}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Melbourne]] {{sports-bio-stub}}