2. James Dean
James Dean was an american actor
Nicholas Ray hired him for the role of
Jim Stark in Rebel Without a
Cause, co-starring Natalie Wood.
When he came to Hollywood to work
on the film he bought his first Porsche
356 Speedster convertible white one
3.
4. During this time Dean filmed Giant
(Dean joined later as filming was
finishing Rebel Without a
Cause), George Stevens, with Rock
Hudson
While working at Giant, Dean bought a
Porsche 550 Spyder, nicknamed
"Little Bastard" by Bill Hickman
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6. On 30 September 1955 the Porsche
hooked his truck to carry Motors
Competition
While Dean was driving his Porsche at
a moderate speed on the
road, accompanied by his
mechanic, approached him at the
crossroads 41-46, in the town of
Cholame, California, a high-speed
Ford, driven by a student.
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8. Dean tried to avoid it, but couldn’t. It
slammed against the left side Ford and
broke his neck in the crash, instantly
losing his life September 30, 1955, at the
age of 24 years.
The driver of the Ford, who only broke
his nose and injured his shoulder, died of
cancer in 1995,
While Dean's mechanic was thrown from
the car, shattered a leg and broke his
jaw, but died later in a car accident in
Germany (1981)
