It was fifty-two years ago today...

James Dean, Elvis Presley's favorite actor, lived fast, died young, but did not leave a beautiful corpse, due to the traffic accident that took his life on September 30, 1955. He inspired a lovely song by Phil Ochs, a mediocre one by the Eagles, and burned his soul into the souls of millions who are now around retirement age. One of his girl friends gained her greatest fame playing Jerry Seinfeld's mother on TV. Which proves, once again, the truth of the saying sic transit gloria mundi.