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Good evening and welcome to tonight's edition of Legendary Lives. Our subject this evening is James Dean, actor and hero for the young people of his time. Edward Murray is the author of a new biography of Dean.

W: Good evening, Edward.

M: Hello Tina.

W: Edward, tell us 　61　 you know about Dean's early life.

M: He was born in Indiana in 1931, but his parents moved to California when he was five. He wasn't there long though because his mother passed away just four years later. Jimmy's father sent him back to Indiana after that 　62　 (live) with his aunt.

W: So how did he get into acting?

M: Well, first he acted in plays at high school, then he went to college in California 　63　 he got seriously into acting. In 1951 he moved to New York to do more stage acting.

W: Then when did his movie career really start?

M: 1955. His first starring role was in East of Eden . It was fabulous. Dean became a huge 　64　 . But the movie that really made him famous 　65　 (be) his second one, Rebel Without a Cause , which was about teenagers who felt like 　66　 didn't fit into society.

W: So how many more movies did he make?

M: Just one more, then he died in that car crash in California in 1955.

W: What a tragedy! He only made three movies! So what made him 　67　 legend he still is today?

M: Well I guess his looks, his 　68　 (act) ability, his short life, and maybe the type of character he 　69　 (play) in his movies. Many young people saw him 　70　 a symbol of American youths.