ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, January 4, 1996 TAG: 9601040073
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-6 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: NEW YORK
The Postal Service is memorializing leather jackets, drive-ins and ``living on the edge.''
Postmaster General Marvin Runyon unveiled the new James Dean stamp Wednesday at the Planet Hollywood restaurant. The stamp will go on sale in June. The stamp, which goes on sale in June, is the second in the Postal Service's ``Legends of Hollywood'' series. The first was 1995's Marilyn Monroe stamp.
It depicts a somber Dean with his trademark tousled hair and sideburns.
Dean appeared in ``East of Eden'' (1955) and ``Giant'' (1956) but his image was set with his portrayal of the brooding teen-ager Jim Stark in 1955's ``Rebel Without a Cause.''``Even today, his very name stirs up powerful memories of leather jackets, diners and drive-ins, and living on the edge,'' Runyon said.
Dean was killed in 1955 when his silver Porsche crashed into another car at a rural crossroad in California. He was 24.
- Associated Press
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