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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.
The deadly "Y" interchange with Highway 41, which requires eastbound drivers turning north to cut across traffic, as happened in Dean's crash, will be reconfigured with an elevated onramp, said ...
James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was an American actor who became one of the most influential figures in Hollywood in the 1950s, despite a career that lasted only five years.
The star died in a car accident at age 24 in 1955. "James Dean had been blackmailed by a former lover," author Jason Colavito claimed to Fox News Digital about the "Rebel Without a Cause" icon ...
[2]: 111–115 Later findings showed that Dean drove at 70 mph and was braking hard before the crash. The first witnesses of the scene driving behind Turnupseed, Tom Frederick, 28, and his 15-year-old brother-in-law Don Dooley, testified at the coroner's inquest that Rolf Wütherich was actually driving the car and that James Dean sat in the ...
The $171 million project to reconfigure the Highway 46 East Cholame Y into a four-lane expressway is ready to begin.
He was driving the Ford station wagon and trailer following Dean on the day of Dean's fatal accident and was the first person on the scene. Hickman was an extra in Dean's 1951 feature movie debut, Fixed Bayonets!. A rare personal quote from Bill on his friendship with Dean: "In those final days, racing was what he cared about most.
Newman took over Dean’s role as the fighter in the TV drama, The Battler, when Dean was killed in a car crash in 1955, two weeks into filming. Newman had initially been cast in a supporting role ...