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71 Years Ago Today, Hollywood's Most Promising Star Died at 24 in a Porsche He'd Owned for Just 9 Days
On September 30, 1955, James Dean died in a head-on crash at 24, having owned his Porsche 550 Spyder “Little Bastard” for just nine days—before Rebel Without a Cause and Giant turned him into a lasting icon of restless American youth.