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James Dean Trivia
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- He was issued a speeding ticket only two hours and fifteen minutes before his fatal accident.
- Only actor in history to receive more than one Oscar nomination posthumously.
- 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.
- Briefly studied dance with Katherine Dunham.
- One of only four male actors to be posthumously nominated for an Oscar as best actor in a leading role. The others were Spencer Tracy, Peter Finch and Massimo Troisi.
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