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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. ... the actor's tiny sports car slammed into a Ford Tudor driven by a Cal Poly ...
The $171 million project to reconfigure the Highway 46 East Cholame Y into a four-lane expressway is ready to begin.
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.
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
Paul Newman admitted that his career could have been overshadowed by James Dean if the Rebel Without a Cause star hadn’t been killed in a car crash.. The Hollywood actor’s thoughts on his ...
James Dean: 1931 1955 24 years American actor car Porsche 550 Spyder near Cholame, California: See here: Stelio De Carolis: 1937 2017 80 years Italian politician car Meldola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy [119] Andrea de Cesaris: 1959 2014 55 years Italian racing driver motorcycle Rome, Italy
James Dean Memorial, Cholame. On September 30, 1955, actor James Dean died in a car crash when Cal Poly student Donald Turnupseed made a left turn without seeing Dean's Porsche 550 Spyder approaching at the junction of State Highways 41 and 46. Dean was the driver of the car that slammed into the car driven by Turnupseed.