American actor James Dean was born on February 8, 1931 in The Seven Gables Apartment House, which stood at this site. He starred in three major motion pictures, East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, and Giant. James Dean died on September 30, 1955 at age 24 in a traffic accident on a California highway. He was laid to rest at Park Cemetery in Fairmount, Indiana, just 10 miles south of this location.