"I don't want to check out early" is what doomed James Dean said to his co-stars

Actor dies in California hospital, surrounded by family, days after ‘massive stroke’

'90210' star Luke Perry was'spooked' by comparison to doomed James Dean. James Dean died in 1955, aged 24. He starred in "Rebel Without a Cause," Giant" and "East of Eden" The fatal crash made the actor a Hollywood legend.