108K views | On this day in 1955, actor James Dean was killed in a car crash in Cholame, California. He was only 24 years old. | My NBC5 | Facebook

Just seven months before his fatal car crash in 1955, actor James Dean posed inside a coffin for a photo shoot — a chilling image that would become disturbingly prophetic. Photographer Dennis Stock later described the moment as “unsettling,” saying it felt like death itself was foreshadowed in that frame. When Dean’s Porsche 550 Spyder — nicknamed “Little Bastard” — crashed months later, killing him instantly, the eerie photograph became an icon of Hollywood’s most haunting curse. 🔴 Follow @the