James Dean

Birth Name:

James Byron Dean

Birth Date:

February 8, 1931

Birth Place:

House of Seven Gables, 410 S. McClure Street. Marion, Indiana 46953

Death Date:

September 30, 1955

Place of Death:

900 feet east of the intersection of California State Route 46 (former 466) and California State Route 41, Cholame, California

Age:

Cause of Death:

Broken neck, blunt force trauma (car crash)

Cemetery Name:

Park Cemetery

Claim to Fame:

Show Business

With only three movies to his name - Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden, Giant - James Dean cemented his legacy as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement when he died tragically at the age of 24. Sadly Dean never knew the impact of his talents when he became the first actor to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, and remains the only actor to have had two posthumous acting nominations.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Park Cemetery

8008 S 150 E Fairmount, IN 46928

Fairmount, Indiana, 46928

USA

North America

Grave Location Description

As you enter the cemetery his grave is the second gravel road to the right as you go up the hill. His modest stone is right on the single lane gravel road.