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James Dean's last stop before he died in a car crash was at Blackwell's Corner, a gas station in rural Kern County. ... Film Star James Dean Killed in Auto Crash. ... The women posed for photos ...
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.
Eugene Pellegrini of Capitola places flowers at the James Dean memorial in Cholame in 2005. Dean died in a car crash near there in 1955. James Dean is shown as Jim Stark in a scene from the 1955 ...
James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was an American actor. He became one of the most influential figures in Hollywood in the 1950s, despite a career that lasted only five years.
Dean often visited the home of Sandy and Beulah and there are published photographs of Dean playing with their cat. Dean treated the Roths as adoptive parents. Poignantly, Sanford Roth was in James Dean's Ford station wagon driving behind Dean's new Porsche Spyder on the way to the Salinas Road Races on September 30, 1955, when Dean died in a ...
Dean’s life and death on the highway have been memorialized since 1977. James Dean memorial in California to undergo repairs ahead of 70th anniversary of crash Skip to main content
The route is known for being the highway on which actor James Dean died in a car accident on September 30, 1955, at the intersection of CA 41 near Cholame, California. Route description [ edit ]
The death of Hollywood actor James Dean occurred near Cholame, California. Dean had previously competed in several auto racing events, and was traveling to a sports car racing competition when his Porsche 550 Spyder collided with another car at the junction of California State Route 46 (former 466) and California State Route 41. He was 24 years ...