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Dan Torrance = Jan+Dean+Torrence

posted 13 years ago by dauntless9
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I'm thinking the character name is a combination of Jan and Dean's names plus a slight respelling of Dean's last name. Remember, Dan's father (Dan Torrance, Sr.) died on a curve in the road. Jan and Dean had the song "Dead Man's Curve". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Man's_Curve_(song)

[–] eholzapfel26 9 years ago

As a Jan & Dean fan, I just saw this post on The Big Bus board!
Very interesting! Whenever I hear the name Torrance, I think of Dean Torrence.