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Donald Spoto, Rebel: The Life and Legend of James Dean (1996, reissued 2000), explores the darker aspects of Dean’s character in an objective and unsensationalized manner. Val Holley, James Dean: The Biography (1996), is perhaps the most comprehensive and exhaustively researched Dean biography. John Gilmore, Live Fast—Die Young: Remembering the Short Life of James Dean (1997), is an intimate account of Dean’s private life by one of his closest friends.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: PBS - American Masters - James Dean. | Aug 28, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Feb 04, 2026 | ||
| Added cross-references and section headings. | Sep 29, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Sep 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of James Dean. | Jun 19, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - James Dean Gallery, Fairmount Indiana. | Apr 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: DigitalCommons at USU - Resurrecting James Dean: The Ethics of CGI Casting. | Nov 18, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - How AI is bringing film stars back from the dead. | Sep 10, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of James Dean Gallery. | May 28, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 27, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - American Masters - James Dean. | Jan 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Biography of James Dean. | Nov 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Hollywood Walk of Fame - Biography of James Dean. | Nov 14, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of James Dean Gallery. | Aug 18, 2022 | ||
| Corrected details of his early career. | Mar 27, 2020 | ||
| Media added. | Dec 14, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Hollywood Walk of Fame - Biography of James Dean. | Jan 12, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMovie - James Dean. | Jan 12, 2017 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Dec 09, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Matinee Classics - Biography of James Dean. | Apr 03, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - WB100: James Dean. | Apr 03, 2013 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Entertainment - 6 Movie Roles of James Dean. | Feb 20, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Reel Classics - James Dean. | Aug 29, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 16, 2001 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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