Jackson Pollock, Springs, New York, 11 August 1956 - from our story 'Last Rides: Photographs of Where Stars Died In Car Crashes'

Jackson Pollock, Springs, New York, 11 August 1956 The alcoholic painter’s car begin drifting, as if he has stopped steering. His drunkenness is probably the cause of the accident, which also kills one of his passengers, Edith Metzger. Pollock’s mistress, Ruth Kligman, survives

Jackson Pollock, Springs, New York, 11 August 1956 The alcoholic painter’s car begin drifting, as if he has stopped steering. His drunkenness is probably the cause of the accident, which also kills one of his passengers, Edith Metzger. Pollock’s mistress, Ruth Kligman, survives

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