Wood was sitting in the front seat of his closed car, the windscreen had bubbled from the heat, but the tank of petrol, still half full, was not burned. (1 March 1953)
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Saturday 11th of August 1956 (-) — Abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock dies in a single-car crash in his Oldsmobile convertible while driving under the influence of alcohol Edith Metzger was also killed in the accident. Artist and Pollock's mistress Ruth Kligman survived.