N'oge ọ bụ nwata, Dean chọrọ ndụmọdụ na ọbụbụenyi nke onye ụkọchukwu Methodist mpaghara, Rev. James DeWeerd, onye yiri ka ọ nwere mmetụta na-emetụta Dean, ọkachasị na ọdịmma ya n'ọdịnihu n'ọgụ ehi, ịgba ọsọ ụgbọ ala, na ihe nkiri. Dịka Billy J. Harbin si kwuo, Dean nwere "mmekọrịta chiri anya ya na pastọ ya, nke malitere n'afọ ikpeazụ ya nke ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị ma na-adịgide ruo ọtụtụ afọ". A tụrụ aro mmekọrịta ha na 1994 Paul Alexander akwụkwọ Boulevard of Broken Dreams: The Life, Times, and Legend of James Dean.
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