Comedian James McNair who was on the tour bus along with Tracy Morgan during the six car pile-up.
Porn star Linda Lovelace (of “Deep Throat” fame, or infamy if you prefer.)
T.E. Lawrence - the real-life subject of the film “Lawrence of Arabia.”
A couple of honorary mentions for folks who survived near fatal accidents (aside from Morgan):
Bob Dylan
Grace Slick
Margo Kidder
Matthew Broderick & Jennifer Grey (under very controversial conditions)
And there is Tim Horton driving back to Buffalo in his Pantera on the QEW after playing a game in Toronto.
Mike Hawthorne won the 1958 Formula One championship and retired, in part due to the death of his friend Peter Collins in the German Grand Prix. Six months later he died in a car accident, racing a friend at 80 mph on wet roads.
Baseball manager Billy Martin died in a car crash returning from a bar on Christmas Day, 1989. I always remember WNBC interrupted the opening of “The Sound of Music” for the news bulletin.
Dale Earnhardt.
I’m guessing President Kennedy doesn’t count.
I can’t find a reliable cite, but the next day the NY lottery stopped play on the numbers from his license plate.
That happened right outside the front door my favorite Mexican restaurant, Los Galanes in Mexicantown in Detroit. I think of Aurelio Rodriguez every time I go there.
No, but would Mary Jo Kopechne count?
She wasn’t a celebrity until after so I would say no.
I grew up an hour away in Sarnia, Ontario. The Tigers were my team until the Jays came along.
D. Boon