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Jul 10, 2022 · Updated March 11, 2024. It's falsely believed that Jayne Mansfield died when she was beheaded in a fatal June 1967 car accident, but the truth is even grislier — and much sadder. Like her rival, Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield died tragically young, leaving a rush of rumors about her untimely demise in her wake.
Nov 13, 2009 · Blonde bombshell and celebrated actress Jayne Mansfield is killed instantly on June 29, 1967, when the car in which she is riding strikes the rear of a trailer truck on U.S. Route 90 east of...
In 1936, her father died of a heart attack. In 1939, Jayne Mansfield’s mother married sales engineer Harry Lawrence Peers and the family moved to Dallas, Texas, where she was known as Vera Jayne Peers. As a child, she wanted to be a Hollywood star like Shirley Temple. At age 12, Palmer took ballroom dance lessons.
Apr 2, 2014 · She experienced a career lull in the 1960s, though she did continue to act in small roles on film and stage. Mansfield died in a horrific car accident on June 29, 1967, at the age of 34.
Apr 29, 2024 · On June 29, 1967, Jayne Mansfield died in a car crash at the age of 34. She was in a car on Route 90 from Gus Stevens Supper Club in Biloxi, Mississippi, to New Orleans with her boyfriend Sam Brody and the three children Jayne shared with ex-husband Mickey Hargitay — Mickey Hargitay Jr., Zoltan Hargitay and Mariska Hargitay.
Mar 2, 2022 · The car, which is known as “Jayne Mansfield’s death car,” was saved from complete destruction after it was bought by a private collector in Florida. By the 1970s, the death car had become a roadside attraction.
Dec 24, 2020 · All three adults — along with Mansfield's dog — were believed to be instantly killed instantly in the wreck. Miraculously, all three children in the back seat survived. The death of such a massive star was sure to make headlines, even in the pre-internet era of Hollywood.
