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![]() Walter Villa in 1976 at the Nürburgring | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Walter Villa (13 August 1943 – 18 June 2002) was an Italian four-time Grand Prix motorcycle road racing world champion. He was known for his quiet, unassuming nature off the bike who became a ruthless competitor once the races began.[1]