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.

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