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In reply to the discussion: Post a true but little known fact about someone famous, living or dead -- Part 7 [View all]red dog 1
(27,964 posts)47. In the car crash that killed him, Eddie Cochran threw himself over his fiance to shield her,
and was thrown out of the car when the door flew open.
The speeding taxi blew a tire, the driver lost control, and the vehicle crashed into a lamppost in Chippenham, Wiltshire, U.K.
Cochran was 21.
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