The death of a beloved actor is always a surprise, shock and tragedy. Can you imagine a situation where an actor literally gives his life for his favorite cause? That is, the director, scriptwriters and the entire crew are trying to realize what happened when an ambulance takes the body of an actor who has just played the planned scene.
Often, screenwriters have to rewrite the storyline so that you can carefully "remove" the character of the deceased actor from some of the planned scenes. But only a person will forever remain in the hearts of fans and spectators, who are left with sorrow to participate in the mourning procession. Those fans who are far from the place of farewell to the star have to be content with the final television show or biographical film.
Consider the reasons why 10 famous actors prematurely left this world, the last time devoting themselves to art.
10. Harry L. O'Conner
The actor did not have time to pave his own path in the film business, and he could not, because he played the role of "backyard" - the understudy of Vin Diesel. Yes, this bald man with biceps and powerful cheekbones didn’t perform dangerous tricks himself - for this, stuntman Harry L. O’Conner was hired. Instead of the main character, he had to, being on the cable of the bridge, go down to the submarine. Harry, unfortunately, jumped too fast and crashed to death on a bridge, which was recorded by the camera operator. The sad footage of this episode was added to the final version of the movie "XXX".
9. Brandon Lee
The talented heir to Bruce Lee, by fate, also died at work at the age of only 28 years. The young Hollywood and Hong Kong actor just starred in the gothic and rather gloomy film "Raven", the script of which was written based on comics. In the process of filming one of the final takes, where the main villain shoots at Raven the avenger, Brandon was actually wounded in the stomach. A fateful shot from a revolver pierced the peritoneum with a blank cartridge, which then stuck in the vertebrae and caused severe bleeding. Brandon died after 12 hours in the clinic from hemorrhage. The sad event happened 17 days before the appointed wedding of the actor. The shots with a real shot did not get into the film, and the scene was re-shot with an understudy. After a closed funeral, the son was laid next to the famous father.
8. Paul Mantz
The brave pilot-racer, part-time stuntman of Hollywood films, served in the Air Force and even received a "colonel". While working on the famous film “Flight of the Phoenix”, a plane piloted by an actor crashed into a hill. It happened in July 1965. The aircraft collapsed in a crash into 2 parts, and Paul, at the age of 61, died on the spot. The co-pilot of the vehicle was taken to hospital with severe injuries. Unfortunately, the root cause of the plane crash was the alcohol discovered by the commission in the blood of stuntman Mantz.
7. Marilyn Monroe
Conquered the world Norma Jean Mortenson was so imbued with the life of her heroine that she even died during the filming. This happened on the set of the film with the prophetic title “Something must happen” in 1962. The woman abused drugs, which led to an overdose and subsequent death. The film was never completed. The seductive blonde, who had an affair with President Kennedy and even starred for Playboy, could not hold back the vices. Rumor has it that the abuse of antidepressants and drugs developed against the backdrop of a powerful inferiority complex, which, in theory, should not have formed at all in an actress of such magnitude and popularity.
6. John Eric Hexum
An attractive actor drove many fans crazy, thanks in part to his modeling career. On the set of the popular series Hidden Fact, fate played a sad joke with John. When he inadvertently sent a firearm to his temple and pulled the trigger, he fired a blank cartridge, which was previously coated with a metal shell. The brittle bones of the skull were broken, due to which the actor died from extensive bleeding. A tragedy unexpected for everyone happened in 1984, and its “culprit” was a 44-caliber charged magnum.
5. Bruce Lee
The famous Hong Kong actor, master and director of spectacular fights and just the smartest man in 1973 worked on a film with the mystical name “Game of Death”. In the process of working inside the pavilion, Bruce fell sharply, which the film crew immediately reacted to and sent him to the hospital. Doctors made an unexpected diagnosis of "cerebral edema", which developed according to one version against the background of taking a pill with meprobamate and aspirin in the composition. However, they did not take the analysis from the star, which casts doubt on this information. After rumors spread that death was set up by rival Lee, but they were not confirmed either. Farewell to the actor was large-scale - thousands of fans, friends and acquaintances appeared on citywide mourning. The body was then transported to Seattle, where the Bruce family could say goodbye for the last time and bury.
4. Vick Morrow and two young actors Mika Ding Lee (7 years old) and Renee Shin-Yi Chen (6 years old)
A terrible tragedy occurred with the participants during the filming of the famous film "Twilight Zone". The actor and a couple of schoolchildren in the script portrayed the Vietnamese, who in a helicopter escaped from American pursuers during the war. Unexpectedly for the entire crew, the helicopter with the actors exploded, which led to their death on the spot. So in 1982, the famous actor “Charlie's Angels” and “Unbearable Bears” passed away, as well as two children who were just starting a career in show business.
3. George Camilleri
The ill-fated film "Troy" has become a landmark for several Hollywood actors. Known to all, Brad Pitt managed to damage the Achilles tendon - you see, it is very symbolic. But this incident faded before a real tragedy. Colleague on the set George Camilleri managed to break his leg right in the process. Everything would be fine, only in the hospital after a couple of days he had a heart attack on the background of a blood clot that broke off in his injured leg. This was followed by another attack, which ultimately led to the death of the actor.
2. John Ritter
A talented actor of the tape “Three is a company” starred in one of the series in the fall of 2003. During the filming of the next take, John began to complain of a bursting chest pain and severe nausea, fainted, and then he was sent to the hospital. There, the actor was diagnosed with a “heart attack” and an emergency operation was prescribed that evening, during which, unfortunately, he did not survive.
1. Paul Walker
Many fans of the movie “Fast and the Furious” heard about this sensational death, as fate played a cruel joke with the main actor. During his lifetime, an experienced racer, Paul, with a friend had a car accident along the way from the set. The car caught fire, which led to the death of passengers (Walker and Roger Rodas). Filming was postponed, but the picture was still released. Replace Paul had his brother.
The talented actors mentioned in the review were devoted to their favorite business to the last, for the last time delighting fans with their creativity. Let us recall the kindest and most pleasant moments of a career in memory of worthy people.