On this day, Feb. 12, 1976, actor Sal Mineo was stabbed to death in Hollywood. Mineo, who starred opposite James Dean in “Rebel Without a Cause” and “Giant,” was 37.
A teen idol in the 1950s with exotic good looks, Mineo was nicknamed the Switchblade Kid for a role he played in “Crime in the Streets.” Mineo was twice Oscar nominated — for “Rebel Without a Cause” and in “Exodus.”
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