Music Vehicular Deaths #3 - Marc Bolan

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There were, unfortunately, lots of candidates, but only 10 made the cut. We are at #3 in my Music Vehicular Deaths series: Marc Bolan. Leader of glam rock legends T. Rex (originally Tyrannosaurus Rex,) Marc Bolan's career lasted until 1977, when, two weeks before his 30th birthday, a car in which he was a passenger, crashed in London. Bolan and his girlfriend, Gloria Jones, were headed home from Morton's, a drinking club and restaurant, when Jones lost control of the Mini she was driving. The car hit a reinforced chain link fence before crashing into a tree. Bolan was killed instantly (neither was wearing a seatbelt,) while Jones suffered a broken arm and jaw. In the hospital, Jones did not learn of Bolan's death until the day of his funeral. Oddly, Marc Bolan never learned to drive because he feared a premature death. He did, however, own multiple vehicles. Although Tyrannosaurus Rex started out as a psychedelic acoustic folk act, Bolan is credited as a major pioneer in the glam rock resurgence of the 1970's, often thought of as the man that invented the look and genre. Fans have turned the crash site into a shrine, regularly leaving tributes beside the tree. As for the video, I urge you to watch it, for it is glam rock at it's finest. (Info verified by Wikipedia)