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 ...

James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was an American actor. He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement, as expressed in the title of his ...

As recapped by Biography.com, Dean got his start doing commercials, minor TV work, and uncredited roles in movies, all leading up to his work on Broadway. From there, he starred in the John Steinbeck ...

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 ...

The winning bidder behind the four-speed transaxle from the 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder was Ghost Adventures' Zak Bagans, per TMZ Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working ...

A new biography claims that actor James Dean was forced to pay off a former male lover to conceal their affair weeks before East of Eden hit theaters in 1955. According to The Daily Mail, author Jason ...

Leonardo DiCaprio may be the king of the world, but he lost his shot at becoming a rebel without a cause. "That was so weird about James Dean," Mann said. "It was a brilliant screenplay. And then it's ...

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 ...