Jan Berry, one half of the famous duo Jan and Dean was involved in a serious auto accident on April 12, 1966. Berry slammed his Chevrolet Corvette into a parked truck on Whittier Boulevard. Berry may have been distracted that day as he had just learned he was required to sign up for the army, and had to take a medical school evaluation.
Although the accident was serious, and left Berry badly injured, totally paralyzed from a coma and with some brain damage that would take years to revers, the duo did eventually make light of the situation with their song, Dead Man's Curve, about a very dangerous stretch of Sunset Boulevard where many deadly accidents occur. Ironically, it was in the vicinity of where Berry's own accident took place as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1Cuekbklkg
Other notable events for April 12:
-Actor David Essex's film That'll be the Day premiered on April 12, 1973 in London's West End. Other famous names to appear in the film were'; Ringo Starr, Keith Moon, and Billy Fury
-Aretha Franklin married actor Glynn Turman on April 12, 1978. Her father the Reverend C.L. Franklin officiated the ceremony, which was attended by the Four Tops, who serenaded the bride with Isn't She Lovely
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