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	Donald Turnupseed
		After the accident, Turnupseed, with a scratched nose, was told by a CHP officer to hitchhike home.
		Turnupseed inherited his father’s electrical business and built it into a multi million-dollar company.
		Turnupseed did marry twice, was widowed once, had 3 children, 1 stepson and 5 grandchildren.
	www.findadeath.com /Deceased/t/turnupseed/thedonald.htm (434 words)

	turnupseed obits
		Donald Turnupseed, the Tulare man who quietly built a family business and endeavored to maintain his privacy after being involved in the car accident that killed actor James Dean four decades ago, has died at age 63.
		Turnupseed's car was struck by a speeding silver grey Porsche Spyder driven by Dean, who at 24 was the star of three major films.
		Turnupseed was president of the San Joaquin Valley chapter of National Electrical Contractors Association 1990-94.
	www.fialcowitz.com /turnupseed/obits1.html (722 words)

	Site of James Dean Crash Gets Tribute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Turnupseed’s recollection of the accident, which became part of the record at a coroner’s inquest held in San Luis Obispo on October 11, 1955, was that he slowed as he approached the intersection, glanced up the hill to look for oncoming cars, then crossed over the center line to continue his trip on Highway 41.
		Turnupseed’s Ford, knocked almost 180 degrees by the impact and with its left front fender shorn off, came to rest in the westbound lane of Highway 466.
		Donald Turnupseed escaped with a gashed forehead and a bruised nose.
	members.aol.com /jaydeebee1/memorial.html (1243 words)

	James Dean's Death (LONG) (LMC, practically NMC) (Was Re: Red Cars in Rearenders?)
		Turnupseed's car is usually reported to be a Ford, often a Ford Tudor, one said a '46, others said a '50.
		Several accounts report that Dean did see Turnupseed's car, and said to Wutherich something like "That guy has to stop!" This is in several of the accounts I found, and seems to have been something Wutherich reported after the accident.
		Dean almost managed to avoid Turnupseed's Ford Tudor, but was struck a glancing blow, which was enough to knock the 1500 pound Spyder out of control.
	www.realbig.com /miata/1999-09/969.html (1106 words)

	JAMES DEAN MEMORIAL JUNCTION
		Turnupseed later testified at a hearing held in San Luis Obispo that he slowed as he approached the intersection, glanced up the hill to look for oncoming cars, then crossed over the line to continue his trip on Highway 41.
		Rolf WÃ¼therich, thrown from the wreck, survived with a smashed jaw, a broken leg, and multiple contusions, cuts and abrasions.
		Turnupseed escaped with a gashed forehead and a bruised nose.
	www.jamesdeanmemorialjunction.com /history.html (1031 words)

	Co-Brand: Driving Today
		Not seeing Dean's car in the twilight, Turnupseed turned into the path of the actor's speeding car, and, with little time to react, the 550 Spyder crashed headlong into the Ford.
		His mechanic, Rolf Wütherich, who was riding shotgun, was thrown from the wreck and survived with a smashed jaw, a broken leg, and multiple contusions, cuts and abrasions.
		Turnupseed, who escaped with just a gash in his forehead and a bruised nose, was not charged by the California Highway Patrol officers who investigated the accident.
	www.drivingtoday.com /wbz4/greatest_cars/porsche_spyder (1201 words)

	Was James Dean's Porsche Spyder a real-life Christine? - Urban Legends
		It has been assumed that he was speeding at the time of the accident, but Failure Analysis Associates of Menlo Park have since proven otherwise.
		A car driven by a young student, Donald Turnupseed, attempted to make a left-hand turn in front of James Dean's car and what resulted was a head-on collision.
		Donald Turnupseed walked away with minor cuts and bruises.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art19523.asp (868 words)

	James Dean
		Unfortunately it would be Donald Gene Turnupseed who would find out the hard way that a speeding sports car cannot stop on a dime.
		As Turnupseed approached the intersection where Hwy 41 turns off, he proceeded to turn after seeing that there were no other cars in close approach.
		Donald slammed on his brakes and turned his wheel to the right to avoid the crash, but it was too late.
	www.morbid-curiosity.com /id129.htm (1811 words)

	View Letterbox - Little Bastard
		Donald Turnupseed (yes, that was his real name) a student at Cal Poly SLO was heading home to Tulare on hwy 41.
		Dean was DOA at the hospital and Wutherich suffered a smashed jaw, broken leg, and multiple cuts and abrasions after being thrown from the car, while Turnupseed had a gashed forehead and bruises.
		No charges were filed against Turnupseed as the authorities ruled that on the downgrade the Porsche had accelerated to an estimated 85 mph, and due to the lighting (dusk) and color of the Porsche, silver-gray, the small car could not be easily seen.
	www.letterboxing.org /BoxView.php?boxnum=12605&boxname=Little_Bastard (745 words)

	Morbidly Hollywood - The Death of James Dean
		Near Paso Robles, 23 year-old Donald Turnupseed was heading home in his 1950 Ford Tutor.
		Donald Turnupseed, escaped the accident with only minor injuries.
		Donald Turnupseed would die in 1995 of lung cancer.
	www.franksreelreviews.com /shorttakes/jamesdean.htm (1212 words)

	People -- Donald Turnupseed
		You, I believe, are among the few who will appreciate the significance of what I am about to relate to you.
		Well, for one brief instant in his life, Donald Turnupseed was a one-in-a-million guy, and the 24-year old driver of the Porsche found out what infinity was made of.
		Donald Turnupseed, who survived, always claimed he never saw a thing.
	pw1.netcom.com /~wbaxter/archive/p_turnup.html (389 words)

	HowTheyDied
		Turnupseed suffered only a gashed forehead and a bruised nose, and thumbed to a local hospital for treatment.
		The passenger in Dean's car - his mechanic, Roth Wütherich - was thrown from the vehicle and sustained extensive injuries (he lived and was killed in another car crash in West Germany in 1981).
		Turnupseed claimed he didn't see the Porsche approaching - and he wasn't charged by the cops - who concluded that glare from the setting sun was a contributing factor.
	www.howtheydied.com (4269 words)

	Along Comes a Spyder To celebrate the 50th anniversary of its ur-roadster, Porsche brings out a limited-edition Boxster ...
		As Dean neared a lonely intersection 25 miles east of Paso Robles, a college student named Donald Turnupseed, driving a blocky 1950 Ford sedan, approached from the opposite direction.
		Turnupseed's car erased the left side of Dean's vehicle, snapping the 24-year-old actor's neck; Dean's passenger, a mechanic named Rolf Wütherich, flew a dozen feet on impact before striking down, suffering a shattered jaw, a broken leg, and several other nonfatal injuries.
		Turnupseed climbed out of the Ford with only minor scrapes and later returned to college.
	money.cnn.com /magazines/business2/business2_archive/2004/07/01/374844/index.htm (1228 words)

	Scale Auto Magazine Community - James Dean Memorial?!
		The guy that hit him, Donald Turnupseed (no kidding), passed away a few years ago, so it won't bother him much.
		I don't find it particularly dangerous unless you are a moron like Turnupseed or your average geriatric Olds or Caddy driver with the factory installed lane straddler.
		Turnupseeds Ford was a 49 or 50, a 55 would have been a new car then.
	www.scaleautomag.com /sca/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=22789 (1093 words)

	Web Content (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		At the intersection, a 20-something young man, Donald Turnupseed, driving a 1950 Ford business coupe, made a left turn into the path of Dean’s 550 roadster.
		Wutherich was thrown clear and survived, as did Turnupseed.
		There are varying accounts of how fast Dean might have been driving, but Wutherich’s recollection of the tachometer reading would have translated into about 65 mph.
	content.clearchannel.com /script/headline_newsmanager.php?id=294160&pagecontent=automotive&feed_id=225 (807 words)

	James_Dean_Turnupseed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Turnupseed interview included in author Terry Cunningham's biography The Timeless James Dean.
		It is not known whether the Turnupseed family will take any legal action.
		The Moretti interview claims Turnupseed he was distracted by the car radio at the time of the
	www.jamesdeanindeath.com /jamesdeanindeath_Turnupseed.html (867 words)

	James Dean
		He followed this up in rapid succession with two more starring roles, in Rebel Without a Cause, and in the 1956 release Giant, for which he was also nominated for an Academy Award.
		Dean died in a road accident in a Porsche 550 Spyder near Salinas, California when a car driven by Donald Turnupseed veered into Dean's lane.
		He is buried in Park Cemetery in his home town of Fairmount, Indiana.
	www.ftppro.com /library/James_Dean (1192 words)

	Cars of the Stars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On 30th September 1955, Dean and mechanic Rolf Weutherich were travelling along highway 466 to compete in an amateur road race in Salinas.
		As they approached the small town of Cholame at about 5:45pm a fl and white Ford Sedan driven by a twenty three year old student, Donald Turnupseed, was travelling in the opposite direction.
		The student drove across the junction with Highway 41, blocking Jimmy's path.
	hometown.aol.com /cotsmm/cots3_9.html (139 words)

	James Dean at Cholame, California
		Looking to the West with the sun that low on the horizon is almost blinding at this time of year.
		Donald Turnupseed, driving a Ford, tried to make a left turn off Highway 41, north onto Highway 466.
		It was a gift to him from Rolf Wutherich, the mechanic who was in the car during the fatal crash with Donald Turnupseed's 1950 Ford Tudor.
	www.tentativetimes.net /cholame (2545 words)

	Obit: Donald G Turnupseed, Tulare, CA
		Donald Turnupseed, the Tulare man who quietly built a family
		Turnupseed was coming home to Tulare from Cal Poly State
		Turnupseed was president of the San Joaquin Valley chapter of
	www.genforum.familytreemaker.com /turnipseed/messages/257.html (525 words)

	SOCALM 09-30-05
		Donald Turnupseed, a 23-year old student at nearby Cal Poly San Luis Obispo driving a fl-and-white 1950 Ford Custom Tudor coupe entered the intersection in the path of the oncoming Porsche to make a turn.
		He died in 1981 at age 55 in a car crash in Germany.
		Turnupseed escaped with a gashed forehead and a bruised nose.
	www.socalm.org /Calendar/event.php?d=20050930&e=656&m=9&cy=2005 (661 words)

	MarkRoesler.com
		Two weeks after shooting his last scene in Giant Dean was killed on his way to a race in Salinas, California, when a car driven by a college student, Donald Turnupseed, turned into the path of his Porsche.
		Turnupseed was not injured but Dean died in an ambulance on the way to hospital.
		A few weeks beforehand, the actor had filmed that traffic-safety spot saying he felt safer on the racetrack than on the road.
	www.markroesler.com /press/viewheadline.php?id=2997 (733 words)

	2005 Porsche Boxster vs. 2005 Mercedes-Benz SLK350 Engine, Performance - Road Test & Review - Automobile Magazine
		Ahead, Donald Turnupseed was traveling east toward Dean and started to turn left toward Fresno onto Highway 41.
		Turnupseed never saw the low, silver Porsche in the dusky twilight.
		It was a few minutes before 6:00 p.m.Dean's Spyder glanced off the left front corner of Turnupseed's 1950 Ford Tudor at about 60 mph, and the aluminum Porsche crinkled up like tin foil.
	www.automobilemag.com /reviews/convertibles/0502_porsche_boxster_mercedes_benz_slk350/index1.html (608 words)

	Classic TV & Movie Hits - James Dean
		Dean had become friends with fellow auto enthusiast and multi-millionaire, Lance Reventlow, who was one of the last people to speak to Dean when they met on their way to an auto race in Salinas, California.
		A few hours later James Dean died in a road accident while driving his Porsche 550 Spyder near Cholame, California when a car driven by Donald Turnupseed veered into Dean's lane.
		He is one of only five people to be nominated for Best Actor for his first feature role, and the only person to be nominated twice after his death.
	www.classictvhits.com /cast.php?id=3498 (631 words)

	James Dean: Death
		James Dean died in an automobile accident on September 30, 1955, when his Porsche 550 Spyder broadsided a Ford Tudor that had veered into his lane.
		The other driver, 23 year old Donald Turnupseed, suffered only minor injuries.
		Dean was rushed to Paso Robles War Memorial Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.
	www.usefultrivia.com /celebrity_trivia/even_more_celebrity_death_trivia_001a.html (142 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: 50 years ago James Dean was killed; to some he still defines cool
		Enthusiasts show off replicas of Dean's car, which he was driving to a race in Salinas, Calif., when he crashed.
		The jury did not blame either for the wreck, and Turnupseed, who has since died, was not cited.
		Phil Dirkx, a columnist for a local newspaper, The San Luis Obispo Tribune, called naming the intersection after Dean "a goofy idea," suggesting it was celebrity worship.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2002534395_dean02.html?syndication=rss&source=artsentertainment.xml&items=15 (788 words)

	Three Bits o Trivia: Turnupseeds, Panama Hats and Child Actors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Donald Turnupseed, the driver of the car that turned left in front of James Dean's car and caused the accident that killed the actor, walked away from the collission with only minor injuries.
		They are made exclusively in Ecuador and are woven by hand from a plant called the Toquilla.
		James Dean passed a car as he approached the intersection at high speed, driving another car off the road.Donald Turnupseed was heading east and he began to turn onto Highway 41.
	lexicon.typepad.com /triviums/2005/12/turnupseeds_pan.html (449 words)

	Biography for James Dean (I) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Donald Turnupseed, the driver of the other car involved in Dean's accident, died of cancer in 1995.
		Turnupseed couldn't swerve out of the way of Dean's Porsche Spyder, but he successfully swerved journalists who frequently pestered him for interviews about the accident.
		He is one of several famous and tragic figures from history to be featured on the front and back sleeves of rock band Marillion's "Clutching at Straws" album (released 1987).
	us.imdb.com /name/nm0000015/bio (3064 words)

	GetSlotted
		At the intesection of Highway 46 and Highway 41 near Cholame, James Dean was involved in a head on crash with another driver, Donald Turnupseed.
		Turnupseeds fl-and-white 1950 Ford Custom Tudor couper had veered over the centre line.
		Dean was reported as doing 85mph downhill at the time of the crash.
	www.getslotted.co.uk /whats_new_james_dean_rm8383_01.asp (152 words)

	Fatal attraction / Popular corner that claimed James Dean's life remains deadly intersection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		At that moment, a 1950 Ford Tudor sedan driven east on 466 by San Luis Obispo college student Donald Turnupseed turned left to go onto 41.
		Dean desperately cranked the wheel, but his new silver Porsche rammed the Ford and shot into a ditch, where it was turned into metal spaghetti.
		His passenger, German mechanic Rolph Wuetherich, and Turnupseed were injured but recovered, only to be hounded by fans and press.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/09/29/BA219174.DTL (1123 words)

	James Dean - Above Top Secret Conspiracy Community
		Why I can say that 100% is because I personally know and am friends with the Grandson of Donald Turnupseed and have heard the whole story first hand.
		D. Turnupseed in fact was seriously harrassed and even had to seek legal aid to deal with the B.S. accusations and stuff afterwards.
		Unfortunatly there was some people that were angry and decided to try and push their blame and rage toward Turnupseed without just cause.
	www.abovetopsecret.com /forum/thread22947/pg#pid261493 (538 words)

	Talk:James Dean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It's likely codswallop, other than to say that a twisted car wreck is not the safest thing to be around.
		I've noticed this here and on other articles, but what's the point of putting a link on Donald Turnupseed if that link only links back to the page it's on?
		If it was once a separate page, I understand, but I'm going to remove the link, as it is pointless.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:James_Dean (3920 words)

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