Home Improvement and Shifting Gears star Tim Allen's life was shattered at age 11 when his father, Gerald M. Dick, was killed in a horrific traffic collision. "My father was killed by a drunk driver when I was 11 years old. Luckily, he was the only one killed," Allen reflected during an appearance on "The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe" in April 2025. "He died in my mother's lap. All of the other kids [in our car] were thrown around the car. My two older brothers were hurt ...