Jayne Mansfield: She Lived Large And Died Too Soon

She rivaled Marilyn Monroe as one of Hollywood’s most legendary glamourous stars.

Her name is Jayne Mansfield, the actress who died at only 34 years of age in a car accident in 1967.

But according to AllThatsInteresting.com, it is “falsely believed” that Mansfield was beheaded in that unfortunate incident, though “the truth is even grislier — and much sadder.”

As further detailed on AllThatsInteresting, “On June 29, 1967, around 2 AM, a car carrying Jane Mansfield and three of her children, including actress Mariska Hargitay [today a star in her own right], slammed into the back of a semi-truck on a dark Louisiana highway. The impact sheared off the top of Mansfield’s car [a Buick Electra], instantly killing the three adults in the front seat. Miraculously, the sleeping children in the back seat survived.

“The shocking accident quickly led to gossip involving decapitation and devilish curses that still persists today. However, the truth behind Jayne Mansfield’s death is more gruesome and even sadder than anything the rumor mill could dream up.”

AllThatsInteresting continued to explain, how “in the early morning hours of June 29, 1967, Mansfield left Biloxi, Mississippi, driving toward New Orleans. The actress had just performed at a Biloxi nightclub, and…