James Dean 30.09.1955

James Byron Dean is kinda the original teen idol. He lived fast - and died young. On this day in 1955 he was killed in a car crash in California. He was 24. I discovered Rebel Without A Cause at high school. It remains my favourite of Dean's few films.

James Dean at the Griffith Observatory

 

 

It might be 55 years since he died - but his face is still plastered across posters, t-shirts, mugs, postcards and fridge magnets etc ...And every generation seems to re-discover him. .

So he may be long gone - but not forgotten.