Bud, Not Buddy. It's 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud's got a few things going for him: He has his own suitcase full of special things. He's the author of Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things for Having a Funner Life and Making a Better Liar Out of Yourself.
At 5:45 PM on this day in 1955, 24-year-old actor James Dean is killed in Cholame, California, when the Porsche he is driving hits a Ford Tudor sedan at an intersection.
NEWS: Paul Walker's dad breaks down in tears over the actor's death. Roger Rodas, a grand prix driver who was driving the 2005 Porsche Carrera GT, also died on the scene. Jim Torp attended the 40-year-old actor's Reach Out Worldwide charity event that day and said the two friends decided to go for a joy ride..