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NEWS ABOUT: stuntman

stuntman stories: 4 news summaries

Disney World Stuntman Killed
in Practice

He's the third park employee to die on the job this summer

Aug 19, 09 10:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Disney World canceled its “Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular” yesterday, after one of the performers suffered a head injury and died during practice, the AP reports. He’s the third park employee to meet an untimely demise on the job this summer, but Disney says the deaths are unrelated,... More »

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Disney World • death • accidental death • stuntman

OPINION

 Stuntmen's Favorite Films 


Jul 7, 09 4:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - When it comes to movies, nothing wows like an epic action sequence. Which flicks do stunt performers like best? Kevin Conley lists 'em for Slate:
  • The Matrix Trilogy: Legendary kung fu director Yuen Wo-Ping didn't really want the job and issued near-impossible demands—including six months of training for
... More »

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entertainment • list • car chase • stunts • action movie • Ryan O'Neal • The Matrix • stuntman • Joel Silver • Yuen Wo-Ping • Panom Yeerum

 Potter Stunt Double 
 Feared Paralyzed 
 In Set Blast 

Stuntman plummets to ground while rehearsing flying scene

Jan 29, 09 4:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Daniel Radcliffe's Harry Potter stunt double has been seriously injured in an accident during the filming of the final boy-wizard movie, the Daily Mirror reports. The 25-year-old man was rehearsing a flying sequence using a harness when an explosion sent him plummeting to the ground. He told colleagues he couldn't... More »

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Harry Potter • accident • Daniel Radcliffe • stunts • stuntman

OBITUARY

 Bob May, 
 Lost in Space 
 Robot, Dies 

Actor moved the suit, but never said "Danger, Will Robinson"

Jan 19, 09 2:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Bob May, famous for inhabiting the robot suit on 1960s sci-fi hit Lost in Space, has died at 69 of heart failure, the AP reports. “He always said he got the job because he fit in the robot suit,” a co-star said. May did not voice the robot—... More »

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television • obituary • robot • science fiction • actor • Bob May • Lost in Space • stuntman

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