Re: James Dean go learn your history, boy. James Dean died in a silver Porsche 550 Spyder. apparently, that car is cursed. from what I heard, after they recovered the car, someone cut himself pretty bad whilst trying to repair it. he died of blood loss. then, when it was done, the guy who bought it was driving around in it, when it started smoking. he couldn't see where he was going, and crashed. he too, died. when it was being restored again, someone was underneath it when the supports gave way and crushed the guy. needless to say, he died. apparently, about 28 people died due to that car in particular.