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Twitter Fans Celebrate James Dean's Birthday, Who Would Have Been 90 Today
The Thing ^ | 2/8/21 | Marianne Penn

Posted on 02/08/2021 9:51:07 AM PST by Borges

Whereas young people in their teens or 20s are into actors like Robert Pattinson or Chris Evans, those that grew up in the '50s have fawned over the late, but never forgotten actor James Dean. Dean was at the top of the world with his film credits including Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden, and Giant.

His loss is still a heavy toll on Hollywood as Dean was at the height of his career, only to be taken so suddenly from a car accident. Today, Dean would have been 90 years old, so fans on Twitter celebrate the legendary actor's time alive.

(Excerpt) Read more at thethings.com ...


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: dean; jamesdean
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1 posted on 02/08/2021 9:51:07 AM PST by Borges
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To: Borges

JD sucked!


2 posted on 02/08/2021 9:52:09 AM PST by TribalPrincess2U
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To: Borges

Well, he makes good sausage................................/s


3 posted on 02/08/2021 9:52:52 AM PST by Red Badger (SLEAZIN' is the REASON for the TREASON .................................)
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To: Borges

When the ego is bigger than one’s driving ability, stuff happens


4 posted on 02/08/2021 9:53:26 AM PST by llevrok (I'm old enough to remember when the quarantine was to be 3 weeks)
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To: Borges

Wow.


5 posted on 02/08/2021 9:53:43 AM PST by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Borges

He would have died of Aids in the 80’s.


6 posted on 02/08/2021 9:54:49 AM PST by setter
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To: setter

Whats Twitter?


7 posted on 02/08/2021 9:56:36 AM PST by RBW in PA
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To: llevrok

Dead Man’s Curve...................


8 posted on 02/08/2021 10:05:14 AM PST by Red Badger (SLEAZIN' is the REASON for the TREASON .................................)
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To: RBW in PA

If Dean had lived.. he had better tow the line on twitter or risk being banned for life.


9 posted on 02/08/2021 10:05:29 AM PST by Leep (Save America. Lock down Joe Biden!)
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To: setter

Or drug overdose

Or another car wreck at a different time

Or murdered by Manson copycats

Or


10 posted on 02/08/2021 10:08:00 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Call on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: TribalPrincess2U

He’s “iconic” for a body of work of only 3 films and an array of stills from those films which became pop art for over half a century.

He’s an icon but must people haven’t actually watched any of the films. Just as you don’t have to watch Mickey Mouse cartoons to recognize or respond to Mickey Mouse.


11 posted on 02/08/2021 10:10:18 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Call on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: Borges

Google: james dean car crash
Click on images. Not much left of the car.
I bet they still have not fixed the road intersection in all these years.


12 posted on 02/08/2021 10:11:26 AM PST by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: TribalPrincess2U

Allegedly what you wrote is “true”. He allegedly ran around in a Hollywood sexual underground before he was given his breakout roles.


13 posted on 02/08/2021 10:11:35 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Call on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: Borges

No connection to Jimmy Dean sausages as far as I know.


14 posted on 02/08/2021 10:11:37 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: minnesota_bound

I thought I read that the car toured carnivals and car shows for years afterwards. Of course people can make their own “James Dean Death Car”.

The real Bonnie and Clyde car was toured around but I think at a point a fake one was also created. Certainly one in a car museum is a recreation.


15 posted on 02/08/2021 10:13:22 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Call on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: Borges

Rebel Without a Cause is one of the most over rated movies ever.

It was ahead of it’s time though, it’s a movie about whiney rich White overly-sensitive Millennial Kids 35+ years before the 1st Millennials were even born.


16 posted on 02/08/2021 10:14:36 AM PST by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: Borges

Rock On!


17 posted on 02/08/2021 10:15:19 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: setter
He would have died of Aids in the 80’s.

Beat me to it. :-)

18 posted on 02/08/2021 10:16:10 AM PST by KevinB (''... and to the Banana Republic for which it stands ...")
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To: Borges

“Too fast to live, too young to die, bye bye”


19 posted on 02/08/2021 10:16:31 AM PST by Meatspace
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To: Borges
With the advent of CGI and perfection of deep fakes, it's only a short matter of time until we start seeing movies with dead actors in unlikely scenes together.

It's not like holly weird is going to do anything original anyway, why not just employ digital zombies?

20 posted on 02/08/2021 10:17:03 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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