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OK, what is our mystery photo?

• Montgomery Clift’s Chevrolet (wrecked in 1956 during the filming of "Raintree County")? Interesting guess. But no.

• Gail Russell’s Chevrolet? Good guess, but she was driving a convertible.

• Ernie Kovacs’ fatal wreck? (Two people). He was driving a Corvair station wagon.   

• Judy Tyler (Elvis Presley’s co-star in "Jailhouse Rock")? Good guess. But no.

• Carl Perkins? Interesting guess. But no.

• Is it Roy Campanella’s Chevrolet? (Ken Odessky, Jerry Sondler) Absolutely. This is the car Dodger catcher Roy Campanella was driving when he was in an accident that left him partially paralyzed, Jan. 28, 1958. 

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Dodger catcher Roy Campanella in an undated picture.

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Roy Campanella tags Richie Ashburn of the Phillies, May 30, 1955.

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Campanella visits Hollywood in late 1957. Can you identify the other people in the picture?
Charles Boyer, Yul Brynner, Roy Campanella and Anthony Quinn on the set of "The Buccaneer." (Pamela Sowers, Alexa Foreman and Mike Ryerson).

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Campanella, Walter Alston and Casey Stengel at a benefit game at the Coliseum, May 7, 1959, that raised about $60,000 for Campanella. The crowd of 93,103 people was the largest in the history of baseball, news stories said.

Photograph by John Malmin / Los Angeles Times

Gene Autry and Roy Campanella, Oct. 6, 1959.

Photograph by Jerry Gay / Los Angeles Times

Campanella watches the Dodgers play the Yankees in the World Series, Oct. 16, 1977.

Photograph by Robert Gabriel / Los Angeles Times

Campanella and his wife, Roxie, at their home in Woodland Hills, Jan. 27, 1988. She said: "Tell everybody that Roy is still fighting. If nothing else, I think he wants people to know that."

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The Coliseum goes dark so the crowd can light matches to pay tribute to Campanella, May 7, 1959.

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