My mom got tangled up with a semi truck in 1984 one month after I graduated HS. She was decapitated at brow, neck and her arm also. The semi ran over the driver side of the car and her. I feel so sorry for Mariska because I know exactly how traumatic this event was. I'm now 56yo and still am not over it. It's terrible.
Iam so sorry for your loss I graduated I. 1983 in high school so sorry 😞 you are right you are never over a loss never , my daughter died at 5 mos old pneumonia !! I still miss her everyday , but your momma such a horrible way . Sending prayers and hugs your way ❤️🙏
@@dc4092 Oh my goodness. I am so sorry about your daughter. Now that I'm a mom it would be way, way worse to lose your child than your mother. I am so sorry for you from the bottom of my heart and soul. I am sending love and prayers for you to have peace.❤️🩹🙏🙏. God bless you.
@@dc4092 Thank you for the kindness you extended to me. In these times, you don't know how I appreciate it. Does my heart good. Wish the world was filled with kind people like you. The world needs it.🙏🙏
@@lenny6676 Jayne Mansfield herself used whimsical language. She actually talked about bottling her urine and selling it. I don’t think in this instance, it was disrespectful.
@@TheSilvergold45 So if someone needs to go somewhere, they have kids, and it's nighttime.... if they need to get somewhere urgently and they take their kids they are "stupid"? That comment is a better example of ignorance. Get over yourself SJW clown.
The family had an on-air interview when Mariska was only about 3 years old. It's adorable that Jane introduced her children to the world. Mariska's Father was a world class body builder & Gorgeous. That's where she gets her looks. I commend her Father for taking care of his children after their Mother died. 🙏🏻
Thank you for your explanation of what truly happened as the rumors were always told of Jane driving her pink convertible Cadillac as well as being decapitated. So hopefully this puts a stop to such horrific statements to a devastating tragedy. Rose C.
Just goes to show the LIE's and deceit the news media tell to sell their papers and to manipulate us all the time. It really is disgusting what they do.
I and 3 fellow Marines passed the accident scene en route from Pensacola to New Orleans for a weekend liberty. I recall that it took several hours of crawling along to reach the scene, and I remember the terribly mangled car. We didn't find out until the next day who the victims were. Passing that car was a shocking and sobering experience that one could never forget.
So sad. She was such a beautiful and accomplished woman. Her violin playing was surprising, you just didn't expect her to be so good. She was a good mother. I always hoped she would get back with Micky, there was still love there. RIP. Thank you Scott.
A GOOD MOTHER??? ARE YOU KIDDING ME???? SHE WAS NEVER AROUND HER KIDS FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME. EVERYONE ELSE WAS RAISING JAYNES KIDS, WHILE SHE WAS OUT GALAVANTING AROUND, AND MAKING SATANIC VIDEOS OF HER AND ANTON LEVAYNE WHO AT THE TIME WAS THE PASTOR FOR THE CHURCH OF SATAN IN SAN FRANCISCO, SHE PUT HER CAREER FIRST AND FOREMOST OVER HER KIDS, AND THAT IS A STONE COLD FACT. SHE WAS AN ATTENTION WHORE AT BEST AND IT WAS ALL ABOUT HER AND THE KIDS CAME 2ND 3RD AND 4TH.
According to Ann B Davis Alice from the Brady bunch Jane was a dumb as wall and a mean drunk she hated Sharon Tate because both of them went out for the part of ginger on gilliigans island
I remember when this happened. I was almost 10 years old. I was playing on the front porch. The radio was on and the announcer came on with the announcement that Jayne Mansfield had died in a car accident and that she had been beheaded. This was a very awful thought to a little 9 year old girl. Jayne Mansfield was beautiful I thought as a little girl and she was of course. I remember my dad came home from work and I ran to tell him the news. This moment in time has stuck with me my whole life. Your going through that account of what happened made it even more real. I’ve always felt so sorry for her and her children. I think they were sleeping in the back seat. I remember hearing about that fog machine and how it must have obscured the drivers view. It’s interesting to hear it was not in use. I heard years later that Jayne did not get decapitated but did hear about the top of her head being removed and about her wig being mistook for her head. Jayne Mansfield is just a memory for most but she was a big deal in those days, and her horrible death was big news, just like Marilyn Monroe. Such a tragedy. May she Rest In Peace…
I have read and seen a lot regarding her death over the years but this is by far the most in depth reporting of her tragic accident ever. You have cleared up a lot of misconceptions about it and also this is the first time I have ever heard that her children were originally in the front seat of the car. It is truly a miracle from God that those beautiful children weren't killed as well.
@@williegordon9188 I wish I had an answer to that, as my first husband was killed in an accident cause by a careless driver years ago. My husband died on Christmas Day and it just destroyed Christmas for me for many years. I asked God why did he take him from me, and got no answer. Sometimes we get a miracle and sometimes we just get our world taken away from us. Have a good and safe weekend.
I have read several different accounts regarding her death and more than one story about it was tabloid trash, citing an unconfirmed anecdote regarding necrophilia of all things!
A lot of people might find this sort of thing morbid. I find this interesting. Especially when the videos are well made and narrated. Good job, Scott Michaels!!! You got a new subscriber!!!
When i was a kid growing up in the 70s the newspaper where i lived had the biggest news on the front page of course then you had your finance and all that, the last body of the newspaper had the murders, banks robberies and so forth,when we use to get it my dad would get the sports section and would give me the last section without saying a word,from a early age i have loved this stuff, lol, they call it death hags or at least thats what Michael's likes to call them. Have you ever checked out his site called 'Find a death" ? its really good!!
It beheaded! False news! She. WAS a great mother, loved her kids. She was human! I used to bundle my kids up, middle of night, put them in car and try to find their alcoholic father. We do best we can but error greatly!
@@julianadamico4702 my phone didn't put what I typed. Should have read. SHE WASN'T BEHEADED! Try to figure these things out. Telephones are such pain anymore. Like our socialist democratic administration!
I've known for years that Mariska Hargitay of SVU fame was Jane's daughter, but did not know until now that she was the little girl in the backseat in this horrific crash.
In an interview she said that she thought she was destined to die at 34 like her mother did, but instead she booked her breakout role in SVU and "her life began" ❤
My wife was employed at Gus Stevens when JM. performed there. We attended her last performance the night before the accident. She was wearing the white dress. I remember the young kid who was the driver of the car... The next morning when driving by the club there were multiple police cars. I would disagree with the premise that it wasn't foggy that night..but..patches of fog . I remember driving that stretch a couple times the two things I remember most..1. Running into a swarm of bugs once or twice covered the windshield where visibility was very bad. 2. It would be clear visibility and all of a sudden you would run into a patch of fog...zero visibility. Note: I was in the military based on Biloxi at that time... I'm sure residents of that region would agree with my analysis.
@ronkotcher4834. Absolutely correct, Sir. Lots of fairly heavy fog at the crash site where my wife and I were stopped and waited for the wrecked car and Semi to be removed from the road. We were returning to Florida from Mission Bch Ca. That accident had taken place less than an hour previous to our stop.
@@KB-ke3fi I guess back then, it could happen, maybe those mosquito trucks have done a lot of good over the years. The lovebugs, however, drive me insane and have ruined the paint on the front of my car. Too bad you've got irresponsible homeowners and renters who have standing water and let mosquitos proliferate.
I am always amazed at the millions of steps one must take in order to meet your demise. Just proves to me that our days are numbered. So sad. Thank you.
Mariana has a scar on her forehead from the accident . So sad to a tragic end . Still missed and loved . Take care Jayne and company. Rest In Peace. Thank you for the real story.
I live in Biloxi and I was a kid when this happened. My mom knew the Stevens as she use to go there, I have read the stories about the decapitation and that her last stop was at Gus Sevens. Your video shows new light on the account, thanks for sharing!
@@tommytompkins4564 Not really, back then it was the main highway on the gulf coast from Mobile to New Orleans know as Hwy 90 and still is used today. Hwy 90 was replaced by Interstate 10 that runs from Jacksonville FL. to California just as did Hwy 90 that was a two lane road i most parts.
I just commented above wondering about the hotel she stayed in. I was thinking it more likely the old Edgewater Hotel that was next door to the mall, demolished in the 70s to build the now gone Sears.
That car was going too fast and that boy did not know how to handle that Buick and back then they would run like a son of a gun you thought you was in an airplane on the ground one little iota and he lost control of that car and that was it😪😪😪😪🙏🙏🙏❤ Lord have mercy so sad
@@glennrishton5679 Sears is gone forever sad but true I'm from the south but not there now I've seen sears leave the old K&B drug stores everywhere I used to be in the south a lot of things stores have gone on the whole freds chain so many others the scenery everything a lot of nice things that were torn down for nothing that you will never see again poor Jane Mansfield and her family God bless them😪🙏❤
A truly tragic occurrence. This famous accident resulted in large trucks being equipped with what they call 'Mansfield Bars' (named after Jayne Mansfield) on the back-end of trucks, which prevent cars from going 'under' the back, minimizing the chance of a catastrophic accident and/or decapitations.
If this Electra was really going between 60 and 80, the Mansfield bar might not have saved them, but it has, no doubt, saved many others. In some jurisdictions, tractor trailers are also required to have side barriers, but the way we configure them in this country, with the rear axles attached to the cargo boxes, makes such protection complicated. In Europe, most such vehicles consist of cab towing a flatbed (which keeps its side protection) and the container is placed on top of the flatbed.
You did an excellent job with this video. The narrative was straight forward and factual. And you finally cleared up the true trauma on Mansfield’s injuries. And you didn’t drag her through the mud with stories of the less desirable and darker side of some of her private life. She was a talented lady who left us too soon. Nuf said.
RIP Jayne Sam and Ronnie tragic circumstances led to your deaths. Heartbreak for your three children. Your daughter is a fine actress now you would be very proud I’m sure.
@@vibrantgleam Only her mother (Jayne Mansfield) was killed in the crash. Her father ( Mickey Hargitay) was divorced from her mother, raised Mariska and her two brothers after the crash.
Very interesting. Thank you for all the work in researching and presenting this. The tragic crash also led to the development of what was referred to as the “Mansfield bar” a safety device on the rear of trailers which were intended to prevent cars from running underneath the trailer in a collision
Ironically its doubtful that the bar they have now would have changed the results, most of them will fail when hit at those kinds of speeds especially by a 66 Electra which is not a light car
I'm pretty sure it is. There's this place that show all the cars from what happened to famous people like Bonnie and Clyde's car was there riddled with bullets. James Dean's car all mangled up.
Good story telling, learned a lot about this accident. I am surprised the car is still around. we are reaching a time when people who would remember her are all gone.....
I loved seeing the old places, even seeing the tile. You matched up the old lights even! I love that stuff!!!, and you traced her entire last day. Well done!
She was a very beautiful woman and a great actress ! What a tragedy! Rest in Peace Jane Mansfield God keep your soul in his Heaven!!! And also the two other victims!!! Thank you for your very emotional video!!! A French Man ...
My man, I just want to tell you how much I truly appreciate your videos. You are so respectful and so detailed in the information that you share. You are a GREAT MAN and I THANK YOU! I would really love to see you do a story about the brutal murder of drummer Jim Gordon's mother that ended up sending him to prison many years ago.
I was eleven years old when Jayne died. I remember my mum and dad discussing it and how she’d been decapitated. I became morbidly fascinated with it for a while. Very interesting video. Thank you from England and I have subscribed.
I see that you are from England born in '56? Do you remember the shootings from the clock tower in Austin, Texas or the nurses killed by Richard Speck in Chicago? Or Ted Kenedy and Chappaquiddick? All around the same time. I know that sounds morbid but I was wondering because you are from another country. I am curious about how much of that news from that time was reported in England and how much you would have remembered. Long before the internet !!
@@marilynwillett804 They said they were born in '56. 11 yrs old in '67. That would have been the time they would have been remembering the events that I described.
Thank you so much! Amazing. This answered every question I had about Jayne's death and more. Glad you have the car and are caring for it.... good people.
I've said this before but 2019 was a dream come true for me, after year's of being a fan, I was extremely lucky to see the museum and to see the car I've read so much about in person. Whenever you're ready to open up again and/or do tours, I'll be on my way. Thank you for all your hard work Scott, can't wait to see you again💕 Also, thank you BTS for bringing me back to LA lol I was seeing them at the rose bowl later that day, the museum had to be my first stop. RIP Jayne
Scott, you are, hands down, the best and most thorough channel when it comes to Hollywood history and folklore. You don’t leave a single thing out of your research and the retelling of facts about all the movers and shakers. I’ve been a big fan of yours since forever. Thanks so much for sharing your longstanding passion for Hollywood and beyond.
@@frankboff1260 Frank - the daughter is Mariska Hartigay who is a relatively well known TV actress who has had a staring roll for many, many years on: Law and Order - Special Victims Unit
I hope Zoltan had a good childhood with all of the deaths around him. I pray for the children they used to be and hope the adults they have become are happy
@@ericscott5224 Thank you, I discovered this in the comments. Although I don’t normally watch TV and I’m not in the US I have watched the show but had no idea she was Jayne’s daughter. Amazing. I’m glad to hear she has done so well. 😊
I read up about this a few years ago, and the details are really grim. The official cause of death was a "cranial evulsion". An evulsion injury is when something literally gets torn or ripped away. So she wasn't actually decapitated. Her cranium from her eyebrows upwards was torn away from the top of her head. Interestingly, it was that accident that resulted in a certain metal bar to be fitted on the back of all trucks to prevent vehicles going underneath the rear of a truck. All trucks have them, and they're known as Mansfield Bars.
THANK-YOU for the WELL MADE AND VERY WELL DOCUMENTED VIDEO, AND FOR YOUR CLEAR AND CONCISE NARRATIVE. I've watched Mariska on Law and Order for so long I feel like I know her. What an EXCELLENT, BEAUTIFUL, BRILLIANT, STRONG, TALENTED, COMPASSIONATE, ACTOR OF WHOM HER MOM WOULD BE PROUD!!
I love Mariska Hargitay it was tragic what happened to her mother and her boyfriend and lawyer. God bless all those who were affected by this tragedy. Mariska Hargitay is now a great actress she is gorgeous just like her momma. I love her mother's movies and she had a beautiful voice. #flyhigh Jane and all who perished in that horrible accident.
My buddy owned a house on Orange street in Hollywood in the 80's. His next door neighbor was one of Jaynes sons. He had giant tortoises living in his yard.
Thank you for your succinct account of the car accident which killed Jane Mansfield. Clearing up the rumour of her being beheaded in the accident is important. I wonder if the driver fell asleep at the wheel. RIP
I recall the news story when this happened. They claimed they ran into a dense fog patch - not a word about a fogger truck. I remember that clearly. With all those lawsuits flying around, I'm not surprised the story kept changing. The wrecked car has survived longer than Jane lived.
My goodness she was such a beauty- what a terrible tragedy! RIP to all victims🙏 I still cannot get over the children survived that unbelievable 🙏💕 I love your channel you put so much hard work into it you are just fantastic!! I am so mad stupid COVID I wanted to come see your place - maybe one day it will reopen in the meantime thank you for all that you do keep up the fantastic work😍🥰💖
She was indeed a beauty. I read something in the last few years that she was also extremely intelligent. She knowingly and strategically assumed the Bimbo persona.
Thank you Scott I love your detailed accounts along with the actual locations- You bring it home for us when we can’t go👍🏼 I’m intrigued by the until………
The biggest mistake made that night was allowing her daughter's fiancee to drive the car and nobody's talking about him. Why was he driving so fast, and why did Jayne put not only her life, but the lives of her young children, in the hands of a young, inexperienced, and reckless driver? I've been held captive in the passenger's seat with a young and careless driver many years ago and I have to tell you it was one of the most terrifying experiences of my life. I finally had enough and yelled at them to slow the BLEEP down as I braced for an imminent death. To think they might have lived full lives had Sam or Jayne been driving that night...
@@JAAB9296Yes, someone who saw the Buick that night said it was zooming down the highway "like a bolt of lightning", or basically really really fast. It doesn't matter what the speed limit is, 70MPH is too fast to be driving on a two lane highway, especially at 2AM and where there doesn't appear to be any street lamps. Even if there was a truck spraying insecticide (which has been debunked by the way), he should have slowed down to compensate for poor visibility. The accident is 100% Ron's fault.
Back then car headlights were weaker and truck rear lights small and ineffectual compared to modern vehicles which also now have big reflectors etc. Also modern trucks have been mandated to have a low crash bar on the back to prevent cars smashing right through underneath the truck which is how car passengers get killed and it happened a lot years ago. It might have been the actual Mansfield accident that caused that legislation to come into effect.
Wow-I'm glad this cleared up the rumor of Jayne Mansfield being beheaded. The wig confuse people. I know it doesn't help Jayne at all, but I'm sure she would be grateful that someone cleared up that rumor. It was horrible!
First, thanks for putting together the most accurate and thorough account of what happened. I live not far from the accident site, so this has always been a part of local lore for many years. What struck me most was the cost to prepare Ms. Mansfield. The cost to embalm and prepare her body with a casket, $2,883, was steep for the year 1967. The US dollar is practically 9 times more today. That would mean, in today's cost based on today's worth of the dollar, her body preparation ran more than $25,500. Like I said . . . steep! I know someone who works for a local funeral home and I asked him about that cost. He said Bolton Funeral Home was taking advantage of the fact that she was a rich, Hollywood celebrity. He estimates that the total cost, even for a premium service back in 1967, shouldn't have run more than $400-500 and cannot see how this should have gotten over a thousand even if there were some additional services requested. Bolton made a killing off her and her family.
I definitely remember this accident, since I had just graduated from the 8th grade at the time, & it was during Summer vacation. I remember it making a great impression of horror on me. I always thought she was beheaded by the accident, but now I know the truth!
True. No decapitation. I have actual pictures of my father and the car in the basement of the New Orleans police department day after the accident where he took many pictures including one where he is pointing to brain and skull bone on and in the car. Police on the scene and who arein the pics told him same story that obviously she had severe head trauma, but no decapitation.
I traveled long distances with my parents in those days. There were few major highways in those days and those that existed didn’t connect with each other. So, the speed at which the car was traveling was not excessive in my memory anyway. I remember my parents driving 60-80 mph on roads like that one.
I know this might sound morbid but…Was that Jane Mansfield’s blood on the side of the door and if so is it still there on the car? Does the car clocks still say that time? Did previous owners try to clean it up or is it in it’s true original form?! Sorry so many questions but I find it so fascinating!
I doubt that. My Father owned a 65 Buick Wildcat. I drove that car at some high speeds and it was not road worthy to handle those types of speeds. What I heard was 70 to 80mph.
Enjoyable video. I lived near there all during the 1960's, and regularly drove those roads. I'll respectfully add a few comments. The picture shown around 2:58 of the video is of the wrong White Kitchen. There were two White Kitchens (same owner), one on U.S. 11 (Front Street) in Slidell (the pictured one), and one on U.S. 90 at the junction with U.S. 190. I visited both often. You explored the correct site (on U.S. 90) . The one in the picture burned to the ground one weekday morning in 1962, resulting from a kitchen fire. It happened at the height of the Cuban missile crisis; volunteer firefighters were summoned by repeatedly sounding the town's air raid siren, making some wonder if WW3 was breaking out. The White Kitchen on U.S. 90 (where Jayne Mansfield may have stopped) was busy 24/7 in those days. The words "Package Liquors" were painted prominently over the main entrance. Mississippi was legally a "dry" (prohibition) state until the mid-1960's, and the White Kitchen on U.S. 90 was the nearest place on the Louisiana side of the state line to legally buy a bottle. There was also a large and busy gas station almost directly across U.S. 90 from the White Kitchen, on the west side of the U.S. 190 intersection. Those businesses disappeared about 50 years ago. Newly-built I-10, combined with legalized liquor in Mississippi, took away almost all the traffic.
Thank you for this. Another tragic fact missing was that there were empty liquor bottles in the vehicle. After getting her cash payment after this last performance, sandwiches and liquor was requested for the trip. Look closely at the crash photos you will see the liquor bottles.
@Joy Graham Travis My comment is more of a question, as I noticed the hard liquor bottles in photos as well. Do they know when and where the alcohol was purchased? And was driver's blood ever drawn for alcohol level testing? Can't imagine it not being, but ... P.S. Love your name! 😊
@@joijuaire-darfler4614 If you research, the accident police reports are posted, you learn lots 😞. The video of that police officer placing that Chihuahua on the floor of his cruiser, I will never forget. Also, one Chihuahua that died was stuffed and was placed on display with the crashed vehicle 😞, no word on where that Chihuahua is today.
Just realized that was where I bought my first bottle of booze. Also at that time the drinking age was 18 in Louisiana. The MS Coast and State were technically dry but as long as bar owners paid the "black market tax" booze flowed freely.
Thanks for the video Scott when I was eight or nine years old in 1968 I witnessed a horrific car accident caused by a mosquito fogging machine best of my memory. It was North Myrtle Beach near the barefoot landings. A couple on their honeymoon had slowed to a crawl to go through the fog and another elderly man and Wife came through without slowing and slammed into the newlyweds. I remember, looking at the steering wheel, broke off in the man’s stomach and blood coming out. The highway there was a two lane then !
Must remember that the lights on vehicles back then were no where near as bright as those of today, nor were the brakes very efficient, especially when trying to slow such a heavy vehicle like that which was barrelling down the highway! It was probably merciful that the three of them died on impact due to the fact that back then cars didn't even have the most rudimentary safety features such as seat-belts, etc.! Presumably what saved the children from serious injuries was that were most likely asleep lying along the seats or luggage placed in the rear foot-wells (remember doing this as a kid on road-trips with my family in the late '60s!).
She was killed when her head hit the back of that truck taking the top of her head off , brain matter on the truck , and road , it wasn’t a pretty open casket , back then the funeral director , or who ever made the body up just used his skills to mak it look like her , but I bet , it didn’t come close , my aunt was a funeral director , in the middle of Florida, and we went down to see her back in the early 70’s , we had a tour of the whole funeral home , and I was really into , the whole dead body thing , and she told me some of the worst facial reconstruction, stories I ever heard , and I have been to at least 100 funerals , over my 68 years , and every one of them , that had a open casket had the same impact on me , whether family or friends they all looked ,dead ! Once that soul is gone , they all looked like a body , with a slight resemblance to the person , they where alive ! I’m not having any service , maybe after I am put in the dirt , no embalming , no casket , naked and wrapped in a cotton sheet , then dirt on top , nothing to remind the world I was ever here , my family and close ,might come to my grave , but that will be it ….
@Dee Cee Have you considered donating your body for science? Useable organs will be taken first for transplant for the living, and remains left then used for research and teaching purposes. After 18 months, whatever is left will be "green/water" cremated, so no negative impact to air/environment. Also recently read where cremated remains can be prepared and used as food for wildlife! (I'm a huge animal lover.) Zero carbon footprint left, no land wasted in burial, and benefits many! My paperwork is already in place with U-of-MN.
@@joijuaire-darfler4614 No , I’m getting ,malched , all nature , just laid ,naked in the woods , and covered with leaves , and in a 3 month period of time, no marker ….it will be as if I was , never here ,my family will know where am at ,but not another living soul …and as far as the ,govement , state , they can eat , my shit ! Fuck the laws !
@@joijuaire-darfler4614 No , I’m going to be malched , my M.C. club brothers , will carry me in the woods , on our land , they will , rake all the leaves just big enough for me to be layed out , and then covered , with the leaves , no marker , just my club name nailed about a foot off , the ground , those who know me will know where I’m at , and in 3-5 months , it will be as if , I never , was here ! To hell with the laws !
I heard many years ago that Jayne contacted a psychic before the accident who told her to stay away from Sam Brody. That her life would be in danger. Of course, Jayne shrugged off the warning and continued to see him. Don't know if that story is true, but it was passed around in the psychic community at that time.
Very interesting! I do hate that there are so many lawsuits after something like this. I mean there is a point where we all must look at what responsibility we have in any given situation. It is not always the other person's fault.
Such a tragic way to die. As a huge fan of Mariska’s I think about this accident and it makes me so sad that she lost her mom this way and we could have lost her too.
I find the ephemera in these historical videos endlessly fascinating. It shows what people at various times thought to be important information. Reading thru the death certificate, I am astonished at the level of detail recorded of her existence, and the absence of her social security number. It also shows that dying was an expensive business, even back then, and even when totally accidental. The bill from the funeral home nearly approaches the sales price of the Buick that caused her trip to the mortuary.
It was stated that the Buick was $5000 ish new. That was a heck of a lot of money in 1967. Believe minimum wage was $1.25 hour then. Probably most working people then were driving 49-54 basic sedans still.
@@davestewart2067 Yes, absolutely, which makes the bill from the mortuary home even more unbelievable. At least when buying a car, you can shop around and haggle and walk away from any deal you don't like. With the mortuary, there is hardly a chance to do any of those things. It's either pay up, or else.
@@davestewart2067 Middle class people could have afforded a car newer than 1954 in 1967 but remember Buicks were higher end cars, just a step under a Cadillac.
When I was a young child my mother and I were on a Greyhound bus traveling from Texas to W. Va when we came upon the wreck shortly after it happened. We did not know until the next day what we had witnessed. So sad.😢
Somewhere my late uncle had pictures from her last show. Him and a buddy drove out to see her from Little Rock. They found out she had died by the time they got home.
My grandparents took us to Biloxi for a week and we had dinner at Gus Stevens. Jayne Mansfield was performing and we were not allowed to be in that room because we were children. We begged if we could get a peek at a movie star and they let us have a peek. It was kind of a thrill since we were such sheltered kids. The next day we woke up to the news. It made us all feel kind of somber and sick.
That was interesting as my mum said she was decapitated so now I tell her what really happened,it was a terrible thing to happen and her poor kids, I'm a first time viewer from Scotland and I will be watching more from you stay safe x
Very, very well done video sad as the death of Jane Mansfield was at the time. She certainly will not be forgotten and now that we can watch her daughter Mariska live on to achieve stardom like her mother its like a part of her is still here with us. Thank you so very much for sharing your tastefully done video.
I was in the Philippines when the accident happened and the newspaper headlines read "Jayne Loss Head" along with a photo of the inside of the car. There is another RU-vid video from the museum that has the Mansfield car. Interesting video. Thanks!.
