Cory Allen dies

Corey Allen, an actor-turned Emmy Award-winning director who earned a slice of film immortality in the 1950s playing the doomed high school gang leader who challenges James Dean in "Rebel Without a Cause," has died. He was 75.

Allen died at his home in Hollywood on Sunday, two days before his 76^th birthday, said family spokesman Mickey Cottrell. The specific cause was not given.

Allen had Parkinson's disease for the last two decades, Cottrell said, but he remained active directing plays until a few years ago