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Brandon de Wilde dies in Denver area auto crash at 30
Brandon de Wilde, child star of Shane, died in a traffic accident in Lakewood Colorado at age 30. He had recently appeared in Butterflies Are Free and had a long career spanning stage film and television, including Hud Those Calloways and his own series Jamie. The Brooklyn born actor lived in Century City California and was killed when his van hit a guard rail and a parked trailer in heavy rain, pinning him for hours before succumbing to injuries.
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Brandon de Wilde
Shane
de Wilde
Denver
Century City
Calif
Carson McCullers
Plains
Wyoming
Hud
Harm’s Way
Calloways
Jamie
Frederick de Wilde
Eugenia Wilson
Brandon
Baldwin Public School
Baldwin, N.Y