8. Guinness once met and liked this celebrity icon, ________ , and had a premonition of his/her tragic death in an automobile accident.
From Quiz Sir Alec Guinness
Answer:
James Dean
Dean had just purchased the 1955 silver Porsche which would prove to be his death car when he encountered Guinness, Grace Kelly, and Louis Jourdan. When Dean bragged that the car could do 150 mph, Guinness told him that it looked very dangerous and that he should never set foot in the car; if he did, Guinness warned, he would be dead within a week. Dean laughed off the warning; six days later (Sept. 30) he had his fatal accident. (Ironically, Grace Kelly would also die in an auto accident 26 years later.). Guinness was also once the dinner guest of Princess Diana at a social function; sadly, he had no premonition of her tragic accident.