FSOTD #54-B *Pop Quiz*

The worst of the Tiger story is most likely over, but he's by no means out of, uh, the woods.  Sponsors and lawyers and pre-nups, oh my!  What will Elin do?   There is for Tiger, perhaps, a very small consolation.  Consolation for a person who is used to being number one, the best at whatever he does.  As it turns out, Tiger has done it again.  Submitted: Tiger Woods' crash is the most famous non-fatal car accident ever.  Is there even another nominee?

So here's the Pop Quiz.  Below are three lists: A list of seven names, a list of seven dates, and a list of seven cars.  Your task is to match each person with the correct date of death and car of accident.  Armed with these macabre facts, you'll be a hit at most any holiday party.  Especially next Halloween.

George S. Patton, Jr.
Harry Chapin
Jackson Pollock
James Dean
Mary Jo Kopechne
Princess Diana
Princess Grace
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12-9-45
9-30-55
8-11-56
7-18-69
7-16-81
9-14-82
8-31-97
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Cadillac Model 75
Mercedes S class sedan
Oldsmobile Convertible
Oldsmobile Delmont 88
Porsche Spyder
Rover 3500
Volkswagen Rabbit
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General George S. Patton died on December 21, 1945, twelve days after his Cadillac 75 was involved in a low speed accident.  Thrown slightly forward, Patton struck his head on a metal fixture and broke his neck.  The listed cause of death was a pulmonary embolism.  Harry Chapin died a horrible death on July 16th in 1982, burning up in his Volkswagen Rabbit after it had been struck head-on by a truck on New York's West Side Highway.  It is believed Chapin might have had a stroke or heart attack just prior to the accident.  Jackson Pollock and Edith Metzger died on August 11, 1956 within a mile of his home when he crashed his Oldsmobile Convertible while drunk.  James Dean died in  California when his Porsche Spyder was demolished in a head-on collision.  The date was September 11, 1955.  A companion was thrown clear and survived the wreck.  Mary Jo Kopechne found both infamy and death on the night of July 18, 1969.  She drowned in an Oldsmobile Delmont 88 that had been driven off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts by Senator Ted Kennedy.  At least that's what Ted said.  Princess Diana died in Paris along with two others (Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul) on the night of August 31, 1997.  The car was a Mercedes sedan.  And finally, the beautiful Grace Kelly, by then known as Princess Grace of Monaco, crashed her Rover 3500 on September 13, 1982.  Her daughter Princess Stephanie survived the accident, while Princess Grace died the following day.