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Brad Everett Young, Photographer and Actor, Dies at 46 in Wrong-Way 134 Freeway Crash

His legacy centers on Dream Loud Official, a campaign to bolster arts education.

Overview

  • His agent, Paul Christensen, told The Hollywood Reporter that Young died at the scene after a wrong-way vehicle struck his car as he drove home from a film screening.
  • The collision occurred late Sunday on Los Angeles’s 134 Freeway, and his death at 46 was confirmed in media reports.
  • The other driver survived the crash and is hospitalized, according to the published accounts.
  • Young gained recognition as a celebrity photographer for outlets including The Hollywood Reporter, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Elle, People and Variety, shooting portraits of actors such as David Harbour and Sarah Michelle Gellar.
  • He founded Dream Loud Official to support the return of music and arts programs in U.S. public schools, with memorial plans to be announced and survivors including his brother, Chris.