Was James Dean's death an accident or not?.?

Answer 1

HArd to say....from what I know it didn't seem like one. But he was very depressed all the time. Very hard to decide. I think that he always wanted to die. But the accident he was in I don't think was his intention to end it there. I think he was just driving to fast.

Answer 2

It was an accident. He was practicing for a race he wanted to compete in.
He was issued a speeding ticket only two hours and fifteen minutes before his fatal accident.
Had a fondness for auto racing and had purchased the 1955 Porsche Spyder sports car, one of only 90 made of that year model, planning to participate in the upcoming races in Salinas, CA on Oct 1, 1955.
At the time of his death, Dean did not leave behind a will, so most of his possessions went to his father, Winton, whose relationship with him was distant at best.
Donald Turnupseed, the driver of the other car involved in Dean's accident, died of cancer in 1995. Turnupseed couldn't swerve out of the way of Dean's Porsche Spyder, but he successfully swerved journalists who frequently pestered him for interviews about the accident.

Answer 3

some will say it was an accident. But I read a book,and it was a combo of an accident but the other guy sped into his lane and watned to kill him. The book is called " james dean,the life,the legend."

Answer 4

I really believe that it was an accident. He had been stopped earlier that evening for speeding He was clocked doing 80 in either a 35 or 40 zone. I think he was just trying out the car and didn't really think he'd have a wreak.

Answer 5

All depends, is being caught ten minutes earlier for being heavily under the influence of alcohol and then being let off to drive at high speeds and die from crashing an accident, then yeah it's an accident.

Answer 6

re James Dean's Death

Porsche 550 SpyderDean and his mechanic Rolf Wuetherich set off from Competition Motors where they had prepared his Porsche 550 Spyder that morning for a sports car race at Palm Springs. Dean originally intended to tow the Porsche to the meeting point at Salinas behind his Ford, crewed by Hickman and photographer Stanford Roth, who was planning a photo story of Dean at the races. At the last minute Dean decided he needed more time to familiarise himself with the car. Later in the afternoon, Dean was pulled over for speeding. Already having left the Ford far behind, they stopped for fuel and to meet up with fellow racer Lance Reventlow.


James Dean Memorial in Cholame. Dean died about 900 yards east of this tree.Dean was driving west on U.S. Highway 466 (later California State Route 46) near Cholame, California when a 1950 Ford Tudor driven from the opposite direction by 23-year-old Cal Poly student Donald Turnupseed attempted to take the fork onto California State Route 41 and crossed into Dean's lane without seeing him. The two cars hit almost head on. According to a story in the October 1, 2005 edition of the Los Angeles Times[2], California Highway Patrol officer Ron Nelson and his partner had been finishing a coffee break in Paso Robles when they were called to the scene of the accident, where they saw a heavily-breathing Dean being placed into an ambulance. Wuetherich had been thrown from the car but survived with a broken jaw and other injuries. Dean was taken to Paso Robles War Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival at 5:59PM at the age of 24. His last known words, uttered right before impact, are said to have been: "That guy's got to stop... He'll see us.", though are also, and probably more famously, known to be "My fun days are over."

Contrary to reports of Dean's speeding, which persisted decades after his death, Nelson said "the wreckage and the position of Dean's body indicated his speed was more like 55 mph (88 km/h)." Turnupseed received a gashed forehead and bruised nose and was not cited by police for the accident. He died of lung cancer in 1995. Rolf Wuetherich would die in a road accident in Germany in 1981. While completing Giant, and to promote Rebel Without a Cause, Dean had recently filmed a short interview with actor Gig Young for an episode of "Warner Bros. Presents"[3] wherein he ad-libbed the popular phrase "The life you save may be your own" instead into "The life you save may be mine." Dean's sudden death prompted the studio to re-film the section, and the piece was never aired - though in the past several sources have referred to the footage, mistakenly identifying it as a public service announcement. (The segment can, however, be viewed on both the 2001 VHS and 2005 DVD editions of Rebel Without a Cause.),

Verdict? ACCIDENT.

Answer 7

Some people on here will probably try to blame Pres. Bush and a host of his fellow-conspirators, but it really was an accident.

Answer 8

On a grey misty morning, driving a grey car at high speed, what chance did he have ? None, the other guy didn't see him coming. Accident.

Answer 9

It was an accident but in a reconstruction it was determined that the other vehicle swerved into his lane.But he was probably speeding.

Answer 10

based on the movie of his life portrayed by actor james franco,it was an accident.they are on their way to a car race and he collided with another car at an intersection.so bad..he was at the peak of his career..so soon..