Marc Bolan, the Guru Of Glitter, was killed in a car crash in 1977 – just as his career was on the rise again. ... Bolan's wrecked Mini 1275 GT on Barnes Common (I.

T. Rex leader and glam rock icon Marc Bolan died in a car crash on Sept. 16, 1977. ... Bolan was in the passenger seat of a purple Austin Mini driven by Jones.

Simon Doonan on the eternal cool of Marc Bolan, the fabulous, fey, and long-gone-but-not-forgotten glamrocker.

Marc Bolan's partner has spoken about the 30th anniversary of the singer's death - and recalled the car crash that killed him. Gloria Jones, who had the rock star's child in 1975, was driving the ...

The wreckage of the purple Mini in which Bolan was killed As he drove along the busy main road home, the news came on his car radio which forced him to pull over to the side of the road in a state ...

MARC BOLAN was pop’s preening, platform-heeled peacock. In the early Seventies, the T.Rex star struck a genius groove of hooks and hits. Ride A White Swan, Hot Love, Get It On, Jeepster, Metal ...

Guitar hero Marc Bolan ’s legacy is alive and kicking thanks to Sierra Leone ’s Children of the Revolution. Forty years after the rocker died in a car crash, child soldiers in the war-torn ...

On September 30, which would have been Marc's 60th birthday, there is to be a gala cabaret night, Bolan's Birthday Boogie, at London's Cafe de Paris which will feature a soundscape of his hits and ...

The death of Marc Bolan has its own legend. Fans from around the world have converged on the tree in south-west London where the glam rock star drew his last breath 35 years ago today.

MARC BOLAN was a shooting star who shone dazzlingly bright for a brief time . . . and then he was gone. As that star reached its zenith in 1972, he gave a candid chat show interview. There’s a ...

The night before the crash, Bolan's management company had lent his white Rolls-Royce to the rock band Hawkwind, so Bolan, Gloria and her brother Richard went to a party in the Mini.