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7/28/2019 Top 10 Tragic Movie Set Death
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Top 8 tragic movie set Death
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Twilight Zone: The Movie1983
The making of the movie had consequences which overshadowedthe film itself. During the filming of a segment directed by JohnLandis on July 23, 1982, actor Vic Morrow and child actors MycaDinh Le (age 7) and Renee Shin-Yi Chen (age 6) died in an accidentinvolving a helicopter being used on the set. The helicopter was
flying at an altitude of only 25 feet (8 meters), too low to avoid theexplosions of the pyrotechnics used on set. When the blastssevered the tail rotor, it spun out of control and crashed,decapitating Morrow and Le with its blades. Chen was crushed todeath as the helicopter crashed. Everyone inside the helicoptersurvived sustaining minor injuries.
The accident led to legal action against the filmmakers which lastednearly a decade, and changed the regulations involving childrenworking on movie sets at night and during special effects-heavyscenes
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The Crow
Death: Brandon Lee
On March 31, 1993 at the North Carolina Film Studios inWilmington NC, there were eight days left before shooting of thefilm was to be completed. The scene being filmed involved Leescharacter Eric Draven walking into his apartment and witnessing the
brutal rape of his fiance by thugs. Lees character would then havebeen shot and killed along with his fiance by the thugs.
As the scene was being filmed, Brandon Lee was killed afterMichael Massee (who played the villain Funboy) fired the gun atLee as intended. The bullet unseated from a dummy round waslodged in the barrel of the handgun. The bullet was not noticed and
the gun was loaded with a blank cartridge. When the blank wasfired, the bullet shot out and hit Lee in the abdomen.
After Lees death, a stunt double, Chad Stahelski replaced Lee insome scenes to complete the film.
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Top Gun
Death: Art Scholl
Renowned aerobatic pilot Art Scholl, 53, washired to do in-flight camera work for the film. The
original script called for a flat spin, which he wasto perform and capture on an onboard camera.Scholl entered the spin, but was unable torecover from it and crashed his Pitts S-2 in to the
Pacific Ocean off the Southern California coast.The cause of the accident remains unknown. TopGun was dedicated to the memory of Art Scholl
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The Return of the Musketeers
Death: Roy Kinnear
In September 20th 1988, Madrid, Spain, actor
Roy Kinnear broke his pelvis after falling from
a horse and subsequently bled to death!
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The Flight of the Phoenix
Death: Paul Mantz
In the Dennis Quaid remake of this movie a
cameraman broke his leg on the set, however
the original 1965 film used real planes with
disastrous results. Paul Mantz was killed doing
a risky take off maneuver
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Jumper
Death: David Ritchie
A sci-fi thriller starring Samuel Jackson, wasusing a mixture of frozen sand, earth, and ice
for special effects in exterior set pieces. Setdresser David Ritchie was pronounced deadon the scene after a large piece of frozen sandand gravel fell from the top of a wall at anoutdoor set that he and three crew memberswere dismantling in frigid winter temperatures
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Troy
Death: George Camilleri
In a twist of irony, Brad Pitt tore his left Achilles
tendon during shooting. Tragically, actor George
Camilleri, a bodybuilding extra, severely broke his
leg in a scene. He was treated at the hospital, but
days later suffered a heart attack from a blood
clot in his leg. He was treated once again andreleased only to have another heart attack which
lead to his death.
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Enter the Dragon
Death: Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee was doing dubbing work in Hong Kong
on May 10, 1973, for Enter the Dragon at Golden
Harvest studios. He collapsed in the bathroom
and was rushed to the Hong Kong Baptist
Hospital. Doctors who treated him said he died
of cerebral edema. Much controversy exists overLees death over speculation that cannabis may
have been part of the cause of his death.