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Who survived the car crash that killed Jackson Pollock?
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Jackson Pollock
American artist Jackson Pollock dribbling sand on a painting while working in his studio in East Hampton, New York.
The artist Jackson Pollock died in a car crash in 1956 while driving under the influence of alcohol. While the accident resulted in the death of Pollock and his passenger Edith Metzger, his lover, the artist Ruth Kligman, survived the crash.12