accidents happen every day even to
famous people welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top 10 celebrities who are
killed in car accidents fans continued
to pay their respects at a makeshift
memorial set up at the crash site
leaving behind candles and movie
memorabilia for this list we will only
be looking at actors musicians athletes
and other celebrities who met their ends
by way of an automobile accident we are
excluding race car drivers and other
driving professionals as they deserve
their own list number 10 Ryan Dunn
police are investigating the cause of a
fiery car crash that killed two people
including Ryan Dunn one of the stars of
the popular MTV show jackass he was
known as one of the gutsiest members of
the Jackass crew who would jump at the
chance to take on the most extreme
stunts
after so many death-defying tricks maybe
he thought he was invincible
but early on June 20th 2011 he proved he
wasn’t when he crashed his Porsche 911
into a tree in Pennsylvania killing
himself and his passenger Dunn’s car
caught fire the impact and flames
killing him
fellow passenger Zack Hartwell if the
Twitter pics he posted earlier in the
night weren’t evidence enough toxicology
reports later revealed that Dunn’s
blood-alcohol level was twice the legal
limit and his speed at the time of the
collision was between 132 and 140 miles
per hour police have done in accident
reconstruction and say Dunn’s Porsche
might have been traveling as fast as 130
miles per hour his friends and fans
mourned the Fallen stuntman as their
random hero number 9 Cliff Burton
as the bassist for the hottest band in
thrash metal cliff Burton’s death in
1986 could have also meant the death of
Metallica while touring Sweden for their
Master of Puppets album the band was
unhappy with their sleeping arrangements
so Burton and guitarist Kirk Hammett
played cards to see who gets the prime
bunk Burton won and was asleep there
when the bus went off the road and
flipped throwing Burton from the vehicle
and pinning him underneath it about five
or six in the morning I heard skidding I
heard a vibration and then this this
motion I thought we were going off a
cliff while singer James Hetfield
originally accused the driver of being
drunk he was found not at fault for the
crash claiming he’d skidded on black ice
and I recall in my underwear you know
and socks walking for miles looking for
this black ice walking back on where’s
this black ice I don’t see any black ice
I wanted to kill this guy I was gonna I
was gonna end him there number 8 Paul
Walker it’s over I didn’t call the
police but don’t push me put the gun
down I swear to God or the cop you’re a
cop best known for his role in the
octane and nitro fueled Fast and Furious
film series death unfortunately imitated
art for Paul Walker in 2013
as a passenger in racer friend Roger
Rhodes’s Carrera GT Walker was killed
when the Porsche struck a cement light
pole and trees and burst into flames
fans continued to pay their respects at
a makeshift memorial set up at the crash
site
leaving behind candles and movie
memorabilia with drugs alcohol and
mechanical issues ruled out
investigators determined that speed
alone was the cause for the accident
with speeds of up to 93 miles per hour
in a 45 mile-per-hour zone being quoted
Walker was in the middle of filming
Furious 7 which was later completed with
his family’s blessing they don’t teach
you in acting how to mourn someone and
simultaneously pretend they’re in a
scene with you number 7
George S Patton controversial and feared
George Patton angered his superiors
ruled his troops with an iron fist and
helped lead US forces to victory in
world war ii as a highly decorated
veteran of two world wars General George
S Patton was likely to either go out in
a blaze of hellfire or peacefully at his
home on his return americans showed
their gratitude in general Pershing’s
words it didn’t hurt America to have a
general so bold that he was dangerous
however the folk icon known for his
fiery profanity laced speeches instead
died when the Cadillac he was riding in
at a low-speed collision with a supply
truck on December 8 1945 while the other
occupants of the car were relatively
unharmed Patton struck his head snapping
his neck in the process paralyzed from
the neck down the general died in his
sleep two weeks later of heart failure
sparking cries of conspiracy due to the
bizarre nature of this war heroes demise
his personality lives on in his statue
at West Point he lived for action and
glory and reached the heights and
serving his country
number six Jayne Mansfield lady a trap
huh
much too hot to handle
celebrated for her obvious sex appeal
Jayne Mansfield died when the car she
was traveling in crashed into and drove
under a tractor-trailer in June 1967
after Jane’s performance on June 28 1967
the group packed up for a late night
drive to New Orleans
Mansfield three of her children her
boyfriend
and their driver were traveling to New
Orleans when the truck in front of them
slowed down suddenly killing all three
adults and causing minor injuries to the
kids contrary to persistent rumors about
the crash Mansfield was not in fact
decapitated during the accident however
the event did change vehicle safety for
the better
resulting in the addition of an
underride guard otherwise known as the
Mansfield bar added underneath all
trailers in the end she got her wish
today her fame lives on in the success
of her best films in the legend of her
lifestyle and in the career of her
daughter actress Mariska Hargitay number
five Lisa and left eye Lopes to wit
intentions to turn around and forget the
focus on adventure in front of me and
cleavers DVD on digital TV screen the
life of Lisa Lopes was not an easy one
but things were looking up prior to her
2002 death
in Honduras with her family for a
spiritual retreat the TLC singer had
been involved in a crash two weeks
previous to her own death which resulted
in the accidental death of a
ten-year-old boy
that left Lopes shaken thinking it
should have been her instead that’s why
it was so eerie when she was killed
shortly thereafter she swerved to avoid
a car rolling the Mitsubishi she was
driving and causing herself and the
three other occupants to be thrown from
the vehicle
only Lopes was killed so eight people in
the car everybody made it except for her
that day was the end of TLC as we knew
it
number four Jackson Pollock I want to
express my feelings rather than
illustrate them technique is just a
means of arriving at a statement famous
for his abstract artwork Jackson Pollock
was also known for his issues with
alcohol I’m afraid suicide and
alcoholism are are a very sad dimension
of the whole abstract expressionist
movement thriving with his mistress Ruth
Kligman and friend Edith Metzger on
August 11th 1956 Pollock who had been
drinking began falling asleep at the
wheel when Metzger begged the painter to
stop the car
Pollock became annoyed and stepped on
the gas of his Ultima Beale 88 Jackson
did more than Drive when he drove he
believed did a full of expression one
could say and he sometimes would express
his anger by speed or just sort of
really crazy kind of driving
soon after the artist failed to navigate
a series of turns and struck a tree
which resulted in him being thrown 50
feet into a tree and killed Metzger was
also killed
but Kligman survived the accident and
lived into her 80s in dying in an
automobile accident became almost a
James Dean Camus kind of mythology that
helped the romance of the great artist
number 3 Grace Kelly
she became one of America’s all-time
great movie stars and then 26 years ago
through all that over to Mary prince
Renier and become princess of the tiny
European principality of monaco grace
kelly truly lived a hollywood life but
it had a less than happy ending
naturally when I first arrived in Monaco
there were some problems in adapting but
with the birth of our first child this
was when I began to get at home Princess
Grace and her daughter Princess
stéphanie were driving to the family’s
City home from their country place in
September 1982 when grace suffered a
stroke when Kelly lost control of the
car
her daughter attempted to stop it but
was unable to prevent it from driving
off a steep embankment neither princess
was wearing a seat belt and both were
flung about the car
Stephanie survived but Princess Grace
sustained heavy internal bleeding and
later died in hospital prompting a huge
funeral where the elite from around the
world paid tribute to a fallen princess
number two James Dean Jimmy we probably
have a great many young people watching
our show tonight and for their benefit
I’d like your opinion about fast driving
on the highway do you think it’s a good
idea good point I uh I used to fly
around quite a bit you know I took a lot
of unnecessary chances
known as the actor of his generation
James Dean was also a passionate car
racer when the rebel without complacency
ordered a new Lotus Mark 9 in 1955
shipment was delayed so he decided to
upgrade his current Porsche to the much
faster Porsche 550 spider excited to be
behind the wheel in an upcoming race
Dean was advised by his mechanic to
drive the Porsche to the event to break
it in and gain experience with it he’s
turning left
normally Dean would have towed it and
this proved to be a fatal decision when
Dean was killed on route to the race
when he had a head-on collision with
another vehicle while reportedly
traveling at 85 miles per hour now I
Drive on the highways I’m extra cautious
all right cuz no one knows what they’re
doing I have the time you don’t know
what this guy is gonna do with that one
before we unveil our top pick here are
some honorable mentions you want a party
dad let’s go
and use a car cause you didn’t work a
little
how are things in your life these days
pretty good well George and I are
partners in the Yankees everything’s
wonderful he was a man who had spent all
of his adult life surrounded by hockey
and his salary and stature in the public
eye revolved around hockey games by a
twist of fate there were no NHL hockey
game scheduled on the day of his funeral
number one Lady Diana Spencer a very
very tragic turn with confirmation from
Buckingham Palace tonight that the world
has lost
Princess Diana at age 36 a dead in a car
crash in Paris along with her companion
of the past several weeks riddled with
controversy and a changer of royal
protocol few single deaths in the 90s
carried as much impact as that of lady
die while the accident that caused
Diana’s death was originally blamed on a
relentless swarm of paparazzi that was
pursuing her through the streets of
Paris in August 1997 she couldn’t move
anywhere without a lens within feet of
her face investigators later determined
it was the drunkenness of her driver
Arie Paul which resulted in the crash of
the Mercedes she and her partner Dodi
Fayed were in although both Paul and
Fayed were killed in the crash
Diana initially survived the impact but
died soon after from shock cardiac
arrest and internal injuries prompting a
huge outpouring of grief from across the
globe through may well grow a heart you
are the great laser will I
Tonopah do you agree with our list which
celebrity car crash impacted you the
most for more top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
take it easy driving life you might save
might be mine
famous people welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top 10 celebrities who are
killed in car accidents fans continued
to pay their respects at a makeshift
memorial set up at the crash site
leaving behind candles and movie
memorabilia for this list we will only
be looking at actors musicians athletes
and other celebrities who met their ends
by way of an automobile accident we are
excluding race car drivers and other
driving professionals as they deserve
their own list number 10 Ryan Dunn
police are investigating the cause of a
fiery car crash that killed two people
including Ryan Dunn one of the stars of
the popular MTV show jackass he was
known as one of the gutsiest members of
the Jackass crew who would jump at the
chance to take on the most extreme
stunts
after so many death-defying tricks maybe
he thought he was invincible
but early on June 20th 2011 he proved he
wasn’t when he crashed his Porsche 911
into a tree in Pennsylvania killing
himself and his passenger Dunn’s car
caught fire the impact and flames
killing him
fellow passenger Zack Hartwell if the
Twitter pics he posted earlier in the
night weren’t evidence enough toxicology
reports later revealed that Dunn’s
blood-alcohol level was twice the legal
limit and his speed at the time of the
collision was between 132 and 140 miles
per hour police have done in accident
reconstruction and say Dunn’s Porsche
might have been traveling as fast as 130
miles per hour his friends and fans
mourned the Fallen stuntman as their
random hero number 9 Cliff Burton
as the bassist for the hottest band in
thrash metal cliff Burton’s death in
1986 could have also meant the death of
Metallica while touring Sweden for their
Master of Puppets album the band was
unhappy with their sleeping arrangements
so Burton and guitarist Kirk Hammett
played cards to see who gets the prime
bunk Burton won and was asleep there
when the bus went off the road and
flipped throwing Burton from the vehicle
and pinning him underneath it about five
or six in the morning I heard skidding I
heard a vibration and then this this
motion I thought we were going off a
cliff while singer James Hetfield
originally accused the driver of being
drunk he was found not at fault for the
crash claiming he’d skidded on black ice
and I recall in my underwear you know
and socks walking for miles looking for
this black ice walking back on where’s
this black ice I don’t see any black ice
I wanted to kill this guy I was gonna I
was gonna end him there number 8 Paul
Walker it’s over I didn’t call the
police but don’t push me put the gun
down I swear to God or the cop you’re a
cop best known for his role in the
octane and nitro fueled Fast and Furious
film series death unfortunately imitated
art for Paul Walker in 2013
as a passenger in racer friend Roger
Rhodes’s Carrera GT Walker was killed
when the Porsche struck a cement light
pole and trees and burst into flames
fans continued to pay their respects at
a makeshift memorial set up at the crash
site
leaving behind candles and movie
memorabilia with drugs alcohol and
mechanical issues ruled out
investigators determined that speed
alone was the cause for the accident
with speeds of up to 93 miles per hour
in a 45 mile-per-hour zone being quoted
Walker was in the middle of filming
Furious 7 which was later completed with
his family’s blessing they don’t teach
you in acting how to mourn someone and
simultaneously pretend they’re in a
scene with you number 7
George S Patton controversial and feared
George Patton angered his superiors
ruled his troops with an iron fist and
helped lead US forces to victory in
world war ii as a highly decorated
veteran of two world wars General George
S Patton was likely to either go out in
a blaze of hellfire or peacefully at his
home on his return americans showed
their gratitude in general Pershing’s
words it didn’t hurt America to have a
general so bold that he was dangerous
however the folk icon known for his
fiery profanity laced speeches instead
died when the Cadillac he was riding in
at a low-speed collision with a supply
truck on December 8 1945 while the other
occupants of the car were relatively
unharmed Patton struck his head snapping
his neck in the process paralyzed from
the neck down the general died in his
sleep two weeks later of heart failure
sparking cries of conspiracy due to the
bizarre nature of this war heroes demise
his personality lives on in his statue
at West Point he lived for action and
glory and reached the heights and
serving his country
number six Jayne Mansfield lady a trap
huh
much too hot to handle
celebrated for her obvious sex appeal
Jayne Mansfield died when the car she
was traveling in crashed into and drove
under a tractor-trailer in June 1967
after Jane’s performance on June 28 1967
the group packed up for a late night
drive to New Orleans
Mansfield three of her children her
boyfriend
and their driver were traveling to New
Orleans when the truck in front of them
slowed down suddenly killing all three
adults and causing minor injuries to the
kids contrary to persistent rumors about
the crash Mansfield was not in fact
decapitated during the accident however
the event did change vehicle safety for
the better
resulting in the addition of an
underride guard otherwise known as the
Mansfield bar added underneath all
trailers in the end she got her wish
today her fame lives on in the success
of her best films in the legend of her
lifestyle and in the career of her
daughter actress Mariska Hargitay number
five Lisa and left eye Lopes to wit
intentions to turn around and forget the
focus on adventure in front of me and
cleavers DVD on digital TV screen the
life of Lisa Lopes was not an easy one
but things were looking up prior to her
2002 death
in Honduras with her family for a
spiritual retreat the TLC singer had
been involved in a crash two weeks
previous to her own death which resulted
in the accidental death of a
ten-year-old boy
that left Lopes shaken thinking it
should have been her instead that’s why
it was so eerie when she was killed
shortly thereafter she swerved to avoid
a car rolling the Mitsubishi she was
driving and causing herself and the
three other occupants to be thrown from
the vehicle
only Lopes was killed so eight people in
the car everybody made it except for her
that day was the end of TLC as we knew
it
number four Jackson Pollock I want to
express my feelings rather than
illustrate them technique is just a
means of arriving at a statement famous
for his abstract artwork Jackson Pollock
was also known for his issues with
alcohol I’m afraid suicide and
alcoholism are are a very sad dimension
of the whole abstract expressionist
movement thriving with his mistress Ruth
Kligman and friend Edith Metzger on
August 11th 1956 Pollock who had been
drinking began falling asleep at the
wheel when Metzger begged the painter to
stop the car
Pollock became annoyed and stepped on
the gas of his Ultima Beale 88 Jackson
did more than Drive when he drove he
believed did a full of expression one
could say and he sometimes would express
his anger by speed or just sort of
really crazy kind of driving
soon after the artist failed to navigate
a series of turns and struck a tree
which resulted in him being thrown 50
feet into a tree and killed Metzger was
also killed
but Kligman survived the accident and
lived into her 80s in dying in an
automobile accident became almost a
James Dean Camus kind of mythology that
helped the romance of the great artist
number 3 Grace Kelly
she became one of America’s all-time
great movie stars and then 26 years ago
through all that over to Mary prince
Renier and become princess of the tiny
European principality of monaco grace
kelly truly lived a hollywood life but
it had a less than happy ending
naturally when I first arrived in Monaco
there were some problems in adapting but
with the birth of our first child this
was when I began to get at home Princess
Grace and her daughter Princess
stéphanie were driving to the family’s
City home from their country place in
September 1982 when grace suffered a
stroke when Kelly lost control of the
car
her daughter attempted to stop it but
was unable to prevent it from driving
off a steep embankment neither princess
was wearing a seat belt and both were
flung about the car
Stephanie survived but Princess Grace
sustained heavy internal bleeding and
later died in hospital prompting a huge
funeral where the elite from around the
world paid tribute to a fallen princess
number two James Dean Jimmy we probably
have a great many young people watching
our show tonight and for their benefit
I’d like your opinion about fast driving
on the highway do you think it’s a good
idea good point I uh I used to fly
around quite a bit you know I took a lot
of unnecessary chances
known as the actor of his generation
James Dean was also a passionate car
racer when the rebel without complacency
ordered a new Lotus Mark 9 in 1955
shipment was delayed so he decided to
upgrade his current Porsche to the much
faster Porsche 550 spider excited to be
behind the wheel in an upcoming race
Dean was advised by his mechanic to
drive the Porsche to the event to break
it in and gain experience with it he’s
turning left
normally Dean would have towed it and
this proved to be a fatal decision when
Dean was killed on route to the race
when he had a head-on collision with
another vehicle while reportedly
traveling at 85 miles per hour now I
Drive on the highways I’m extra cautious
all right cuz no one knows what they’re
doing I have the time you don’t know
what this guy is gonna do with that one
before we unveil our top pick here are
some honorable mentions you want a party
dad let’s go
and use a car cause you didn’t work a
little
how are things in your life these days
pretty good well George and I are
partners in the Yankees everything’s
wonderful he was a man who had spent all
of his adult life surrounded by hockey
and his salary and stature in the public
eye revolved around hockey games by a
twist of fate there were no NHL hockey
game scheduled on the day of his funeral
number one Lady Diana Spencer a very
very tragic turn with confirmation from
Buckingham Palace tonight that the world
has lost
Princess Diana at age 36 a dead in a car
crash in Paris along with her companion
of the past several weeks riddled with
controversy and a changer of royal
protocol few single deaths in the 90s
carried as much impact as that of lady
die while the accident that caused
Diana’s death was originally blamed on a
relentless swarm of paparazzi that was
pursuing her through the streets of
Paris in August 1997 she couldn’t move
anywhere without a lens within feet of
her face investigators later determined
it was the drunkenness of her driver
Arie Paul which resulted in the crash of
the Mercedes she and her partner Dodi
Fayed were in although both Paul and
Fayed were killed in the crash
Diana initially survived the impact but
died soon after from shock cardiac
arrest and internal injuries prompting a
huge outpouring of grief from across the
globe through may well grow a heart you
are the great laser will I
Tonopah do you agree with our list which
celebrity car crash impacted you the
most for more top 10s published every
day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
take it easy driving life you might save
might be mine
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