- Buddy Holly
- Jayne Mansfield
- F.W. Murnau
- James Dean
- That Sloaney old whingebag whose name temporarily escapes me
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Top 5 Transport-related Celebrity Deaths
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Alan Bradley (Corrie) Busby Babes (Man U) Aaliyah (RnB Singer) John Denver (Country Singer)
er can't think of another, so pick one from the others.
- Pete de Freitas
- Jack Shea (v. old olympic gold medalist, headcase who did the skeleton ...)
- does Donnie Darko count??
- Randy Rhodes
- Marc Bolan
What? No one's put Diana, Queen of Hearts? :(
Falco
Laurie Cunningham
Jackson Pollock
Princess Grace Kelly
Jayne Mansfield 
jayne Mansfield's daughter is nice too, her off Law and Order:Special Victims Unit
Marisa Hargitay
GaryMac wrote: jayne Mansfield's daughter is nice too, her off Law and Order:Special Victims Unit
Marisa Hargitay
My Mum's boobs where this big. 
Grace Kelly James Dean Marc Bolan Kyu Sakamoto (Singer of 'Ue wo muite arukou'---known as the Sukiyaki song in English-speaking countries)
El Jarvo wrote: What? No one's put Diana, Queen of Hearts? :(
Falco
Ahem. Dear Darling Delectable Princess of a Nation's Hearts Diana was the "Sloaney whingebag" referred to in the original post. As for Mansfield, wasn't she supposedly decapitated in her accident?
The best one, however, is F.W. Murnau who died in a smash on the Pacific Coast Highway whilst allegedly receiving a blow job from a male friend. I've often thought that if you're going to go out early then the way you'd want to go would be flying up the sunny Californian coast alongside the glistening blue Pacific while someone gives you a nosh.
Perhaps that's just me.
Clayhead Liberation Faction wrote: As for Mansfield, wasn't she supposedly decapitated in her accident?
that's one of the stories making the rounds...alas, it was just her fucking wig what flew off...
Missy Jem wrote:
John Denver (Country Singer)
So there is a God, and he has a wicked sense of humour...
bwahahahaha
James Dean-no, he wasn't impaled on the steering column, nor did he ride his Harley right into a ditch, but he just beats out:
Vic Morrow-how many people can claim that they were killed by a helicopter crashing onto them (and unlike Harlow, Morrow WAS decapitated)? If his death had all the hype and hoopla and the myths associated with Dean's, I'd easily swap the two of them.
Duane Allman-another one whose death reeks "don't believe the hype". Skynard's song "Free Bird" was not about Allman (who crashed his Harley into a truck, well, sort of) as it has been rumored, but hell, it makes a great story.
The Big Bopper-I just like the name...and he was killed in the same plane crash that killed Holly (along with Ritchie Valens)...besides...he was born in Texas, and every list needs a fucking Texan...wait...Buddy Holly was born in Texas...but his name isn't as cool as the Big Bopper's...oh well...
Stevie Ray Vaughan-oh fuck...another Texan...born in Dallas no less...uhm...another helicopter death (but unlike Morrow, SRV kept his head)...
notice no women on my list...I'm being a misogynist today...well...it started with Nolan's list of Stevie Wonder choons yesterday...so I'm carrying it on today...
Who was that film director who was killed in New York when a metal pole fell off the truck in front of his car and mashed his head? Errrr, Alan Pakula.
Does Bon Scott count, as he was sitting in his car?
El Jarvo wrote:
GaryMac wrote: jayne Mansfield's daughter is nice too, her off Law and Order:Special Victims Unit
Marisa Hargitay
Aaaand, she has a scar on her face 'cause she was sitting in the back seat during the accident.
The fascinating character that was Rocky Marciano deserves a mention somewhere here....
The famously undefeated Heavyweight Champion of the whole world,Rocky Marciano was so tight,that reports of the time said most people were astonished he was in fact not Scottish...
Rocky never paid for anything,ever.It was said even through the glory years and way beyond,Rocky would carry a stonker in his pocket,which was to all intents and purposes,a wire used for fiddling coin operated public phones-latterly widely used to get free credits on fruit machines in seaside towns-Ergo,you went out to dinner with The Champ,you paid.
Having read a bit about him,I can say the lengths he went to to keep his lolly in his satchel,and never spend a dime of it,were unbelievable.
He never trusted banks. Shortly before he died,he buried his loot,estimated at $2.5m in 1969's prices,under a tree somewhere and it's never been found yet.
Plane crash 1969
P.S.
Al,I've just noticed how absolutely beautiful Grace Kelly's Chevy is on your post there..I'm going to pay her more heed from now on,and call her Grace Nectarboat. Stunner!
Almost forgot on the transport related crac-Kirsty Macoll,singer of one of my favourite songs'New England' Also known as Jet-ski cranium.
On the subject of Princess Grace.....Clive James, offspring of miscreants though he is, said a beautiful thing on an old F1 review. It was the first GP in Monaco since her death........ "Piquet tried not to look too disappointed in front of the Prince, who REALLY knows what it's like to lose something".
No one mentioned Eddie Cochran, the prince of rock'n'roll?
Eddie Cochran (1960) Isadora Duncan (1927) Yuri Gagarin (1968) Aldo Moro (1978)
Does JFK count?
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Aldo Moro (1978)
He was shot dead and his body dumped in the boot of a car.
Mike Hawthorn, who when he crashed his jag on the A 3 after racing over the hogs back was world F 1 champion .
the bloke who played Q in the bond films crashed between lewes and eastbourne.
Graham hill who had been world F1 champ died when the plane he was piloting crashed.
lost control
Others not mentioned:
Steve Prefontaine - Kinda the James Dean of the running world. His coach designed shoes just for him in a waffle iron, and began the giant shoe company of Nike. He was most likely to break all sorts of records, but was killed in his prime due to his fast life. (he's had two movies made about him)
Lisa Left Eye Lopes - TLC member that rolled her SUV
