Millennials, and even those born towards the end of the Baby Boom era, may not remember James Dean, but in his day he was the ultimate tragic heart throb. After racing to stardom in only three highly acclaimed movies, he was the undisputed heart throb of the mid-1950s. Shrugging off the conservatism of the time, he lived a fast, exciting star’s life, before dying way too soon in a car crash, in his beloved Porsche Spyder.