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== Death == On November 21, 1996, Langley was in Suzuka, Japan to drive the pace car in the [[NASCAR Thunder Special Suzuka]] exhibition race which was held on November 24.<ref>{{cite web|title=Elmo Langley dead at 68|url=http://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/elmo-langley-dead-at-68/|publisher=motorsport.com|date=1996-11-21|access-date=2012-09-06|archive-date=2017-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819145527/https://www.motorsport.com/nascar-cup/news/elmo-langley-dead-at-68/|url-status=dead}}</ref> During a test drive, he began to experience chest pains. He was subsequently taken to the Suzuka General Hospital where he was pronounced dead when his heart stopped beating before arrival.<ref>{{cite news|title=Elmo Langley, NASCAR official|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=r61UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uDsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1286,5265541&dq=elmo+langley&hl=en|newspaper=Beaver County Times|date=November 22, 1996|page=A4}}</ref> [[NASCAR]] legend and [[NASCAR on TBS|TBS Superstation]] analyst [[Buddy Baker]] was in the pace car at the time Langley suffered his heart attack, and was one of the last people to see Langley still alive.<ref>{{cite web |title=1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Suzuka Thunder 100 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKbvfnp5yU0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/KKbvfnp5yU0| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|website=YouTube |access-date=24 October 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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