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September 30th 1955 marks the death anniversary of the Hollywood rising film star James Dean in an auto accident as he was driving his Porsche sports car to the races in Salinas. The crash occurred in San Luis Obispo County near Cholame about 19 miles east of Paso Robles. Here is the original LA Times Article.
A picture of the mangled wreck can be viewed Here.
Its amazing Dean's mechanic even survived the crash. The James Dean Memorial was installed by devoted fan Seita Ohnishi of Kobe Japan. The off-road sculpture embraces a towering oak tree that stands about a mile from the crash site.
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