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James Dean

Hi Chuck:

___Princess Grace :angel:

___Good Luck

___Wayne

Marc_Bolan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Bolan) of T-Rex

Jackson_Pollock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Pollock)

Coincidentally I just referenced the artist in the silver Mini post. :D - Dale

Hi Chuck:

___Lady Di.

___Good Luck

___Wayne

Can I nominate Richard Hammond for an honorable mention? The fact that the man didn't die in the jet dragster accident is pretty amazing.

Steve Prefontaine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Prefontaine)

General George Patton... :flag:

In his day, he was much celebrated, if not a "celebrity" as we now know it.

Edit: FWIW, there a web site on this, which I found after above:

http://www.car-accidents.com/celebrity-car-accidents.html

T.E. Lawrence (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_of_arabia#Death)

Hey, at least something good came out of it.

Dale Earnhart, Sr

Dale Earnhart, Sr

If race car drivers are fair game, this is gonna be a Loooooong list.

Razzle - from the band Hanoi Rocks, passenger in Vince Neils' De Tamaso Pantera, Vinces' BAC was 0.17.

If race car drivers are fair game, this is gonna be a Loooooong list.It's legit, so have at it.

Stiv Bators of punk band Dead Boys hit by taxi in Paris, yea that is Bebe Buell, liv taylors mom.

http://www.lifelounge.com/resources/IMGRELATED/bebe_stiv.jpg

D. Boon of the Minuteman died being tossed from a Van that went off the road.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cvnNAz3jN1U/SRvSCEamMgI/AAAAAAAABNY/Ci9Qs9Jiw-k/s320/d_boon.jpg

If motorcycle accidents count, Duane Allman

If bicycle accidents count then Nico.

http://img3.nnm.ru/d/a/c/2/2/dac22c3bc778d63c18656ae49ac9cbed_full.jpg

Cycle accidents count.

Cycle accidents count.

It wasn't a crash with a vehicle, she had a mild heart attack and split her skull on the fall.

Berry Oakley bass player with the Allmann Brothers, hit a bus head on on his motorcycle only 3 blocks from where Duane crashed.

Berry and Duane

http://theresalduncan.typepad.com/witostaircase/images/duane_allman_berry_oakley1971.jpg

Ernie Kovacs
http://home.gci.net/~kbwillson/kovacs1.jpg

Jayne Mansfield. The rear underride guard bar of truck trailers is informally named after her.

Chris Bell of Memphis power pop Big Star non-fame crashed into a telephone pole.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Gbj0mpn5XyA/R9U3G3ptjwI/AAAAAAAABNo/YAqLsjOf6f8/s400/cosmos.jpg

Eddie Cochran died in a taxi crash, Gene Vincent survived.

http://doppelganger33.com/TRANSFER%20HERE/A3%27s/GF%20TEST%20FILES%20ORIGINAL/Eddie-Cochran-4-big-large.jpg

Hary Chapin of Cat's in the Cradle fame.

http://www.storyofthestars.com/harry_chapin1.jpg

Keith Godchaux keyboards for the Grateful Dead.

http://members.aye.net/~hippie/deadpics/keith1.gif

Clarence White of Sweethearts of the Rodeo period Byrds hit by a drunk driver.

Co-inventor of the b-bender telecaster.

http://www.clarencewhiteforum.com/images/clwhite1971plays.jpg

Bessie Smith.

http://images.uulyrics.com/cover/b/bessie-smith/album-the-essential-bessie-smith.jpg

Dale Earnhart, Sr

I pass his shop, DEI every day, can't believe I didn't think of him. I'll leave the other late motorsports drivers for someone else to list.

How about Sam_Kinison (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Kinison)

A safe Sam video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_VURr6jnWQ)

I miss him. :( - Dale

JFK?

Well, he died in a car but I guess it wasn't a car accident.

Johnny_Horton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Horton)

Battle of New Orleans (http://s0.ilike.com/play#Johnny+Horton:Battle+of+New+Orleans:34391:s28607065.8158406.7929944.0.1.78%2Cstd_84240c4f3944231e1ed861cc8b8c8bf9)

Honky Tonk Man (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lydLUrEIR_I)

Tom Mix, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Mix) first of the cowboy heroes. I'm pretty sure he's the reason the good guys always wore white hats.

Bob Clark, director of "A Christmas Story" and dozens of other movies. He and his son were killed when hit head on by a drunk driver.

Cliff Burton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Burton), bass player for Metallica. He was thrown from the band's bus when it overturned.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Cliffburtonfree.jpg/220px-Cliffburtonfree.jpg

isn't it strange how such a large percentage of them are musicians?

isn't it strange how such a large percentage of them are musicians?

OK General George S. Patton.

Billy Martin and my favorite political cartoonist, Doug Marlette.

King Tutankhaman

going back a few years (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-489073/Egyptian-pharoah-Tutankhamun-killed-chariot-accident-claim-scientists.html)