His sister Ivana Kocmanová is born.[4]
Competes in
FIM Road Racing World Championship.
Entries include the German Grand Prix at Solitude
and East German Grand Prix at Sachsenring
(pictured)[5]
Completes Abitur; works as a tour guide for German tourists
in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.
[6]
Marries at age 19 and becomes father
to his first child, a daughter.[7]
Earns a degree in Economics from
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz.[8]
Works in some capacity for Japan External Trade Organization.
Works for
Pan American World Airways
in
Frankfurt
as a cargo agent after a brief
role for Lufthansa. Present for first world tour of the 747 jumbo jet;
volunteers to travel to
Vietnam to earn sponsorship for immigration to the United States.[9]
Experiences first earthquake in a ground-floor apartment in Los Angeles. Swimming pool empties and soaks into his unit's shag carpet.
Purchases several cases of root beer without realizing that it was non-alcoholic.
Security Manager at
Sunset Gower Studios
in Hollywood, the former Columbia Pictures
Studio lot.[12]
Cast as an extra in disaster thriller film
The China Syndrome
(plays a technician in a lab coat)[13]
Security Manager at Complete Post, Inc. (6087 Sunset Blvd) near Sunset Gower Studios.
In one of the editing bays
In an equipment room
Marries his second wife, Chong Yong-han (b. 1953 in South Korea) at the Imperial Palace Hotel in Las Vegas.
Victor's second child, a son, is born in Los Angeles.
His family moves to a house in the San Gabriel Valley. He sells a signed lithograph of Lincoln in Dalivision by Salvador Dalí (purchased in the mid 1970s for $100) to pay for the down payment.
"Lincoln in Dalivision" at the Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida
Trying to watch TV
He files for divorce and wins primary custody of his son.
At a theme park with his son Andrew
In front of his Jeep Grand Wagoneer with his son and dog
After a long drive to Mammoth Resort
On the lake
Starts a career in real estate that spans nearly two decades and a variety of roles:
- Residential Inspector
- Certified Residential Appraiser
- REALTOR®
- Loan processor
- Commercial loan consultant (thru 2006)
His uncle, Jan Zola, dies on Christmas Day.
Coming home after a good fishing trip
Deep sea fishing with his son and best friend Michael
Volunteers with his son at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
Working as a commercial loan consultant in 2003
Moves to Tampa, Florida.
Waving from his apartment
At a media event for the St Petersburg Grand Prix, 2011
Germany wins the FIFA World Cup ⚽
Victor in 2017. A lifelong motorsports fan, his favorite Formula One driver was five-time World Champion
Juan Manuel Fangio
On his 75th birthday
Dies age 78 in Florida.
Victor's obituary as it appeared in the
Tampa Bay Times,
October 22, 2023 [High-resolution image]
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