He was my next door neighbor. I mowed his lawn every week, in Playa del Rey. In 1972, age 12, I showed up at his front door to let him know I was going to mow his lawn. His wife answered the door and I asked if Dawson was home.
She said, "I guess you haven't heard. He died last night in a car accident on the way home from work." Dawson was a bar tender, in addition to being an actor. After work, heading home in his Porsche, it is presumed he did not see an unlit, or poorly lit, barricade set up in front of some heavy road equipment and he plowed into a large land mover, as I recall.
I was told he was killed instantly. I only learned today that he was 36. That sounds so young, as I am now 64.
His wife was heartbroken. Sad and glum every time I saw her, which was not much. She eventually moved out, un-noticed, and I never saw her again.
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George Oscar Dawson died in 1865.
John Littleton Dawson died in 1870.
Archie Owen Dawson died in 1964.
Samuel Palmer Brooks died in 1931.
Dawson Palmer's birth name is David Dawson Palmer.
Dawson Palmer was born on August 27, 1936, in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
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Nelson Dawson died in 1941.
Frankie Dawson died in 1938.
Bernhard Dawson died in 1960.
Eddie Dawson died in 1979.
Philip Dawson died in 1938.
Coningsby Dawson died in 1959.
Gilbert Dawson died in 1969.
Aeneas Dawson died in 1894.
Jennifer Dawson died in 2000.