Question: In what year did the star of "Le Mans" die?

 It features actual footage captured during the 1970 race held the previous June. Le Mans is a 1971 film depicting a fictional 24 Hours of Le Mans auto race starring Steve McQueen and directed by Lee H. Katzin. <SEP> The European Le Mans Series (ELMS) is a European sports car racing endurance series inspired by the 24 Hours of Le Mans race and run by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO).  The European Le Mans Series is similar to the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) based in the United States and Canada that was running with ACO and IMSA between 1999 and 2013.  ELMS team champions and runners-up receive an automatic entry to the following year's 24 Hours of Le Mans.  Originally titled the Le Mans Endurance Series before becoming simply the Le Mans Series in 2006, the series was renamed once more in 2012, reusing a name previously utilized by IMSA in 2001. <SEP> Johnny Mowlem (born 12 February 1969) is a professional British racing driver.  Mowlem is considered to be among the world's elite sports car drivers, having competed in every class of world championship sports car racing.  He is the 2013 European Le Mans Series GT champion, having previously won the British Porsche Cup championship in 1996 and 1997.  He has class victories in both the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring, and has earned podiums at virtually all of the world's major sports car races, including the Le Mans 24 hours and the 1000 km Nürburgring.  He has also achieved overall podium finishes at the Daytona 24 hours as well as at the famous 10-hour Petit Le Mans race in the USA.  Mowlem began his career in single seaters racing up to Formula 3 level and got his big break when he was chosen personally by triple Formula One World Champion Jackie Stewart to join his "staircase of "talent" team in the junior single seater formula, alongside drivers of the calibre of Dario Franchitti, Allan McNish and Gil de Ferran.  He switched to sportscars in 1996, winning the Class 1 championship of the British Porsche Cup and then gained international recognition the following year when he won all 17 races of the British Porsche Cup to become British champion.  This launched his professional career in World Sportscars.  Later in his career he gained further international attention for his work as a driver of the hybrid-powered Ginetta Zytek prototype racer in the ALMS in 2008 and 2009.  In 2010, Mowlem was a Lotus Racing factory driver, driving the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) and in the International GT Open Series for sports cars in Europe.  His latest driving championship came in the European Le Mans Series in 2013.  Mowlem raced in the ALMS series every year that sanctioning body held races.  Mowlem also operates his own driving academy, working with both corporate clients and drivers wishing for a career in racing. <SEP>  Called "The King of Cool", his "anti-hero" persona developed at the height of the counterculture of the 1960s and made him a top box-office draw of the 1960s and 1970s.  McQueen received an Academy Award nomination for his role in "The Sand Pebbles". Terence Steven "Steve" McQueen (March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980) was an American actor.  His other popular films include "The Cincinnati Kid", "The Thomas Crown Affair", "Bullitt", "The Getaway", and "Papillon", as well as the all-star ensemble films "The Magnificent Seven", "The Great Escape", and "The Towering Inferno".  In 1974, he became the highest-paid movie star in the world, although he did not act in films again for four years.  McQueen was combative with directors and producers, but his popularity placed him in high demand and enabled him to command large salaries.