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- Birth nameJerry Lee Alten
- Tom Pittman was born on March 16, 1932 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. He was an actor, known for High School Big Shot (1959), Tombstone Territory (1957) and Apache Territory (1958). He died on October 31, 1958 in Benedict Canyon, Beverly Crest, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Died in a car crash after leaving a Halloween party at the home of Norma Stuart, ex-wife of Keefe Brasselle. His body was found in his wrecked sports car by a Los Angeles police officer nearly three weeks later, on November 19, at the bottom of the ravine in Benedict Canyon. He was nearly halfway out of the driver's side window, having been crushed between the steering post and the driver's side door. According to his father, he idolized James Dean and like Dean, loved to drive his sports car at high speeds. He was driving a Porsche Spyder when he was killed, the same model in which Dean died.
- Son of Frank Alten.
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