{"id":3372,"date":"2025-09-30T10:39:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T17:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/?p=3372"},"modified":"2025-10-01T10:45:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T17:45:09","slug":"70-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/2025\/09\/30\/70-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"70 Years Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">James Byron Dean, (February 8, 1931 \u2013 September 30, 1955).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"711\" src=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/James-Dean-with-his-Porsche-550-Spyder-Little-Bastard-1-1024x711.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3377\" srcset=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/James-Dean-with-his-Porsche-550-Spyder-Little-Bastard-1-1024x711.jpg 1024w, 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class=\"wp-image-3373\" srcset=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/James-Dean-Crash-1024x600.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/James-Dean-Crash-400x234.jpg 400w, http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/James-Dean-Crash-768x450.jpg 768w, http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/James-Dean-Crash-1536x900.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/James-Dean-Crash-624x366.jpg 624w, http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/James-Dean-Crash.jpg 1614w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"3378\" src=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/James-Dean-Crash-1-1024x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3378\" srcset=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/James-Dean-Crash-1-1024x600.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/James-Dean-Crash-1-400x234.jpg 400w, http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/James-Dean-Crash-1-768x450.jpg 768w, http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/James-Dean-Crash-1-1536x900.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/James-Dean-Crash-1-624x366.jpg 624w, http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/James-Dean-Crash-1.jpg 1614w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"738\" data-id=\"3379\" src=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/JamesDeanWreck4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3379\" srcset=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/JamesDeanWreck4.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/JamesDeanWreck4-400x295.jpg 400w, http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/JamesDeanWreck4-768x567.jpg 768w, http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/JamesDeanWreck4-624x461.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"564\" data-id=\"3381\" src=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/JamesDeanWreck6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3381\" srcset=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/JamesDeanWreck6.jpg 1000w, 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height=\"538\" data-id=\"3390\" src=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/JamesDeanWreck14-1024x538.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3390\" srcset=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/JamesDeanWreck14-1024x538.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/JamesDeanWreck14-400x210.jpeg 400w, http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/JamesDeanWreck14-768x403.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/JamesDeanWreck14-624x328.jpeg 624w, http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/JamesDeanWreck14.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"962\" height=\"761\" data-id=\"3376\" src=\"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/JamesDeanWreck3.jpg\" alt=\"\" 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