Can you name the Famous People Who Died in an Automobile Crash?

Year	Person	Profession
1906		French Physicist
1927		American Dancer
1936		British Army General
1945		American General
1955		American Film Actor
1956		American Artist
1960		French Author
1966		Italian Racing Driver
1967		American Actress
1981		Russian Hockey Player
1982		Actress and Princess
1989		American Baseball Manager

Year	Person	Profession
1991		American Singer
1992		Czechoslovakian Leader
1993		Croatian Basketball Player
1994		Brazilian Racing Driver
1997		Princess
1998		American Film Director
2000		American Football Player
2001		NASCAR Driver
2002		American Singer/Rapper
2003		US Hockey Coach
2004		Czech Hockey Player and Coach
2007		American Journalist
1949	American Journalist

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Car Crash Celebrities Quiz

by Rom

Created Sep 25, 2011 in History
Featured Nov 3, 2011
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	ZapRowsdower:	Nov 3rd, 2011 at 18:46 GMT	2 points
	Dang, shoulda gotten the 1936 British General. It was prominently featured in the movie about him!

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	myitbos:	Nov 3rd, 2011 at 19:03 GMT	2 points
	Gen. Patton did not die in an automobile crash. He was paralysed as a result of a crash and died of a blood clot weeks later.

	jtrichey:	Nov 3rd, 2011 at 20:11 GMT	4 points
	Similar to Derrick Thomas who died a few weeks later, also I believe from a blood clot. Still, I think you can safely say the car crash killed them. I thought Grace Kelly was a drowning though. Was that a car that crashed into water?

	elh530:	Nov 3rd, 2011 at 20:27 GMT	3 points
	I was surprised Steve Prefontaine wasn't on here. He might be a good one if you decide to do a sequel.

	Oddish:	Nov 3rd, 2011 at 20:39 GMT	1 point
	I actually saw the video in which Lisa LeftEye crashed...and I didn't remember her here :(

	sweett310:	Nov 3rd, 2011 at 20:49 GMT	2 points
	elh530: "Pre" was the first person I thought of as well. Ryan Dunn is another recent one.

	DerekH:	Nov 3rd, 2011 at 21:00 GMT	8 points
	Lieutenant-Colonel T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) died after a motorcycle accident in 1935. Was there another T.E Lawrence who was a general, and died in an auto accident a year later? ;-)

	sam2085:	Nov 3rd, 2011 at 21:25 GMT	3 points
	T.E. Lawrence was not a general. He was on the General List, but that was not his rank.

	Grunt2009:	Nov 3rd, 2011 at 22:01 GMT	3 points
	if this quiz was going to dig deep for Ivan Hlinka and Valeri Kharlamov, why not Pelle Lindbergh who actually died in the US while he was playing for the Flyers?

	jaho:	Nov 3rd, 2011 at 23:00 GMT	2 points
	Interesting the number of people on here affiliated with hockey...another one that could have made the list was Tim Horton, who died February 21, 1974 in a crash in St. Catharines, Ontario.

	Jamessir:	Nov 3rd, 2011 at 23:27 GMT	3 points
	I'm very nervous about driving home from work now...

	RufusTFirefly:	Nov 3rd, 2011 at 23:58 GMT	2 points
	Correct on Derrick Thomas. Died from a pulmonary embolus. Grace Kelly also debatable since she wrecked the car after suffering a massive stroke while driving.

	indeedity:	Nov 4th, 2011 at 00:01 GMT	3 points
	Did Isadora Duncan die as a result of a crash? I thought that she got one of her famous scarves caught in a wheel.

	brownstown511:	Nov 4th, 2011 at 00:14 GMT	4 points
	For some reason, this quiz does not seem complete with Sam Kinison not being included.

	leviper:	Nov 4th, 2011 at 03:02 GMT	3 points
	WHERE IS FALCO?!

	odalton:	Nov 4th, 2011 at 03:24 GMT	0 points
	Good quiz. Gilles Villenueve could be included as well.

	ronnymexico:	Nov 4th, 2011 at 03:58 GMT	1 point
	I thought of Lindbergh too, but I like that Kharlamov was included because so many people probably don't realize how good of a player he was. Canada never would've won that Summit Series without Bobby Clarke nearly crippling Kharlamov in game 6, before that Canada had no answer for him. Jerome Brown would be another possible sequel inclusion, he would've been a HOF lock with a few more years played.

	jhc1415:	Nov 4th, 2011 at 04:30 GMT	5 points
	Would've been funny to see Paul McCartney as a bonus.

	Bleu:	Nov 4th, 2011 at 09:07 GMT	4 points
	I think it's stupid to compare those who died in racing crashes and those who in public traffic.

	pollockhead:	Nov 4th, 2011 at 14:47 GMT	2 points
	sam kinison coulda been on here.

	banjodan:	Nov 4th, 2011 at 20:15 GMT	1 point
	Bessie Smith.

	Rom:	Nov 4th, 2011 at 21:59 GMT	2 points
	I wasn't expecting this quiz to get a curator pick, and I certainly wasn't expecting it to get published. Thanks, Sporcle, for my first published quiz!

	moonstorm:	Nov 4th, 2011 at 23:19 GMT	3 points
	Perhaps you should include Marc Bolan who died instantly in car crash in 1977 in UK

	milgita:	Nov 5th, 2011 at 13:49 GMT	1 point
	Is it sad that the only ones I knew were Gen. Patton and Princess Di?

	jtrichey:	Nov 5th, 2011 at 16:29 GMT	1 point
	Harry Chapin another possibility

	tunnel:	Nov 6th, 2011 at 01:12 GMT	1 point
	If Dale Earnhardt and Ayrton Senna make it onto this list, then you also have to include Scott Brayton, Gilles Villeneuve, Eddie Sachs, Swede Savage, Ronnie Peterson, Jochen Rindt, Mark Donohue, Peter Revson and Jeff Krosnoff.

	skinnyd:	Nov 11th, 2011 at 16:18 GMT	2 points
	Randy Macho Man Savage

	happygi1more77:	Nov 17th, 2011 at 21:01 GMT	1 point
	add david guetta

	jago706:	Dec 13th, 2011 at 06:37 GMT	1 point
	Is there a quiz on plane crash deaths yet?

	Rom:	Dec 17th, 2011 at 17:21 GMT	1 point
	@jago706: Yes there is. Look at the link on the top of this page.

	namesakeone:	Apr 1st, 2012 at 04:51 GMT	1 point
	Ernie Kovacs, the 1950s comedian, is another valid entry.