A young man with windswept brown hair wearing a white T-shirt dies a sudden, shocking, and violent death, sparking a national outpouring of mourning almost unprecedented in American history. Fans and ...

James Dean remains one of Hollywood’s most enduring icons, and fans still mark James Dean birthday by revisiting the places ...

James Dean was movie idol whose death in a 1955 car accident at the age of 24 caused his legions of fans, especially teenage girls, to go into mourning. In “Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, ...

Before shooting began on the movie “East of Eden,” director Elia Kazan reportedly sent James Dean off to Palm Springs to gain some weight and get some sun so that he looked like a “real” farm boy. The ...

He was killed in a car accident while driving his beloved Porsche 550 Spyder The actor was laid to rest in his hometown of Fairmount, Ind., where a memorial and museum now honor Dean Known for his ...

FAIRMOUNT, Ind. — A cigarette dangles from a 14-year-old’s mouth. Red jackets stretch from the car show to the James Dean Museum. Even the fiberglass statue of Garfield the Cat — another native son ...

Almost 70 years ago to the date of the fatal car crash that took the life of old Hollywood legend James Dean, the actor’s San Luis Obispo County memorial is set to return with a new look. Since 1977, ...

James Dean died on Sept. 30, 1955, at 24 years old Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty James Dean died on Sept. 30, 1955, at age 24 He was killed in a car accident while driving his beloved Porsche 550 ...