Rolf Wütherich

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Rudolf Karl "Rolf" Wütherich (German: [ˈvyːtəʁɪç] ; 5 August 1927 – 22 July 1981) was a German automotive engineer, mechanic and racer. He was the passenger in James Dean's Porsche at the time of Dean's death in a car crash in 1955. He experienced many personal difficulties as a result of the crash and himself died in a car crash 25 years later.