Few towns go as all-out for their most famous son as Fairmount, Indiana. For nearly 50 years, James Dean fans have flocked about an hour north of Indianapolis every September for an annual festival ...

FAIRMOUNT, Ind. (WANE) — The small town of Fairmount about 60 miles south of Fort Wayne, is home to arguably one of the greatest actors in American history… James Dean. Dean is notably famous for ...

FAIRMOUNT, Ind. — A cigarette dangles from a 14-year-old’s mouth. Red jackets stretch from the car show to the James Dean Museum. Even the fiberglass statue of Garfield the Cat — another native son ...

Those are three iconic films starring Hoosier legend James Dean. Seven decades after his death, Dean’s legacy will live on through the James Dean Festival in Fairmount. On Tuesday, Christy Pulley ...

FAIRMOUNT, Ind. (WANE) — Saturday marks 68 years since the death of actor James Dean, who died in a crash in California in 1955. To honor Dean’s life and legacy, fans of one of the well-known faces of ...