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Hollywood actor James Dean was killed at the age of 24 in an auto accident on September 30, 1955, near Cholame, California.He had previously competed in several auto racing events, and was traveling to a sports car racing competition when he was involved in a car crash at the junction of U.S. Route 466 (US 466, now State Route 46 [SR 46]) and SR 41.
James Dean's last stop before he died in a car crash was at Blackwell's Corner, a gas station in rural Kern County. ... Details of Dean's crash — once international news — have faded from the ...
The $171 million project to reconfigure the Highway 46 East Cholame Y into a four-lane expressway is ready to begin.
Cause of death: Car crash: Resting place: Park Cemetery, Fairmount ... The intersection of State Route 46 and State Route 41 was renamed "James Dean Memorial Junction ...
Dean’s life and death on the highway have been memorialized since 1977. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail ...
The James Dean Memorial Junction, looking northeast, with SR 41 heading away from the camera. The two-lane stretch from Paso Robles to Cholame was known as "Blood Alley" for the large number of vehicle incidents, mainly head-on collisions, among the high volume of commuters, truck drivers and tourists. [25]
Rudolf Karl "Rolf" Wütherich (German: [ˈvyːtaʁɪç] ⓘ; August 5, 1927 – July 22, 1981) was a Luftwaffe mechanic and pilot, and later an automotive engineer and racer. . He was the passenger in James Dean's Porsche at the time of Dean's death in a car crash in 19
James Dean collector and fan Neil Sheehan is leading an effort to restore the monument to the 1950s movie star on at the Cholame “Y” in San Luis Obispo County.