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9 Years old
At 9 years old his mother became ill and hid it from him as long as possible. After her death his father sent him away with his mothers casket to indiana where her funeral was. He then lived with his grandparents for his teen years. -
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18
He then drifted through Santa Monica. Started to "talk" to and "feel" his mothers presence. He went to reminisce old times at a library. While he was there he was overcome by intense pain. Causing his body to tense up, his teeth to clench and feeling like his bones were breaking inside his body. He then enrolled at UCLA taking as many acting classes as possible. -
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14-18
He feels trapped on his grandparents little farm. After befriending his drama teacher and together working on public speaking he placed 1st in his state at a competition. He decided he wanted to make a career in the arts and performing. He wrote letters to his father about moving in with him as long as he went to school. He moved and completely regretted his decision. Clashing with his father immediately. -
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19
He was only in one performance at UCLA and it was Macbeth. The school newspaper deemed his performance as "Lacking Maturity." James was struggling emotionally. "Chaos, Confusion, abrupt shifts in direction and relationship struggles." He then dropped out of UCLA. Found his own cheap room. -
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23 Cont.
He was then cast in "Rebel Without a Cause" and "Giant" which would be his last film before his sudden death. After that film he delivered a drunken speech at the banquet which is now nicknamed "The Last Supper" because it was surprisingly the last time we would see James until his crash was blown up by the media. "Car crash resulting in untimely death of young Hollywood actor James Dean." was how it would be shared to the world. -
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20-23
Focused on Hollywood acting and radio. Then landed a Coke commercial as his first acting gig. "He was a dreamer, he slouched in his chair fixated at something up on the wall even when being spoken to it always seemed like he never heard a thing you said. Over the next few years he was an "extra" or a walk on for a few films before the director for "East of Eden" was looking to cast the roll of "Cal Trask" and needed someone able to play the emotionally complex character. -
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24 - Death
A 1950 Ford Tudor was passing through an intersection while turning left ahead of the oncoming Porsche dean was driving. James was unable to stop in time and slammed into the passenger's side of the Ford resulting in James' car bouncing across the pavement onto the side of the highway. The passenger, Rolf Wütherich, was thrown from the Porsche, while Dean was trapped in the car and had numerous fatal injuries, including a broken neck. -
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Death cont.
The driver of the Ford, Donald Turnupseed, exited his damaged vehicle with minor injuries. The accident was seen by a bunch of witnesses who stopped to help. A woman who was once a nurse attended to Dean and detected a weak pulse. James was pronounced dead after he arrived by ambulance at the Paso Robles War Memorial Hospital at 6:20 p.m.