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00:00As David Dow reports, the twilight zone became a nightmare.
00:03Welcome to WatchMojo.
00:05And today we're looking at entertainers
00:07that suddenly suffered medical emergencies
00:10and passed mid-performance or soon after.
00:13There's a lot of high winds
00:14that come over the top of the building.
00:16And that particular day, the winds were up to 40 mile.
00:20I believe they were blowing at least 40 miles per hour.
00:24Fat Man Scoop, rapper.
00:27While he may not have been one of the most famous rappers
00:29to emerge from the scene,
00:31his contributions are still recognized
00:33by music lovers everywhere.
00:35Primarily known for his collaborations
00:37with Missy Elliott and Mariah Carey,
00:39Fat Man Scoop was a well-loved fixture within the community.
00:43♪ Let's go now, let's go now, here we go now, here we go now ♪
00:48♪ Let's go now, let's go now, here we go now, here we go now ♪
00:50In August of 2024, he was hyping up the crowd
00:54during a concert when he suddenly collapsed.
00:56While CPR was attempted at the moment,
00:59he ended up having to be transported to a hospital.
01:02There, he passed away from what was determined
01:04to be natural causes.
01:06Great, great person, and a great entertainer as well.
01:10Really down to earth, very good to people.
01:12And it's just sad when something like that happens.
01:14I'm so sorry for his family and his friends
01:16and everyone who loved him.
01:18He really, you could tell
01:19that he very much enjoyed performing.
01:21The event serves as an incredibly poignant
01:23yet unfortunate reminder that death can occur
01:26at any moment to anyone.
01:29Dale Earnhardt Sr., racer.
01:31While it may not be a traditional performance,
01:34he still provided entertainment to fans across the nation.
01:37NASCAR is a beloved spectacle,
01:39with several racers becoming icons within the sport.
01:42Some people become heroes
01:44because they live above the rest of us.
01:47But the real heroes are the ones who never leave us.
01:50They never forget where they came from,
01:52and they honor us by embracing us back.
01:55Dale Earnhardt Sr. was one of the best,
01:57having won dozens of races during his career.
02:00While participating in the Daytona 500 in 2001,
02:04a collision with another racer
02:06caused him to crash into one of the walls,
02:08making him slide off the track.
02:10It wasn't until the final match finished
02:12that people realized how bad the crash had been.
02:15This is undoubtedly one of the toughest announcements
02:17that I've ever personally had to make.
02:21But after the accident and turned forward
02:23to the end of the Daytona 500,
02:25uh, we've lost Dale Earnhardt.
02:28Earnhardt had suffered a basilar skull fracture,
02:31killing him instantly.
02:32The highly publicized tragedy
02:34resulted in widespread emotional distress from his fans
02:38and much needed safety measures
02:40finally being put into place.
02:42Paul Mance, stunt actor.
02:45Stunt actors know their line of work
02:47comes with an element of danger,
02:49but there are still various mechanisms in place
02:51to prevent them from suffering any permanent harm.
02:54However, some unexpected issues are unavoidable,
02:57resulting in injury and even death.
03:00One such case was the demise of Paul Mance,
03:02a highly esteemed stunt pilot.
03:04While filming a scene for the flight of the Phoenix in 1965,
03:08he was flying a custom-built plane
03:10when he accidentally struck a hill.
03:12His attempts to correct his issue made things even worse.
03:16The aircraft broke into two pieces and crashed,
03:19resulting in his instantaneous demise.
03:22It was later speculated that he was under the influence
03:25at the time of the accident,
03:26but those rumors were never confirmed.
03:29Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, Molière, playwright, actor.
03:33Deaths occurring mid-show isn't a modern phenomenon.
03:37It's been occurring for centuries,
03:38with one of the most prominent occurring in the 1600s.
03:42Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, more commonly known as Molière,
03:45was a playwright primarily known for his comedic works.
03:48His impact on both the French language
03:51and the French culture are hard to understate.
03:54Here in Paris, there are reminders of him
03:56around every corner.
03:58He had been plagued with pulmonary tuberculosis
04:00throughout most of his life,
04:01and it reared its ugly head during a performance
04:04of The Imaginary Invalid in 1673.
04:07Even as he coughed and bled in front of the crowd,
04:10he insisted on finishing.
04:12He closed out his monologue with a final hemorrhage
04:14before being taken home, where he met his end hours later.
04:18At the end of The Imaginary Invalid,
04:20Molière collapsed on stage.
04:23And at that moment, he was brought home urgently.
04:26And he died, in fact, not on stage,
04:28but a few hours later at his home in Rue de Richelieu.
04:32His dramatic public display and eventual expiration
04:35became a legend within the theater community.
04:38Tyrone Power, actor.
04:40While many unanticipated deaths seem completely random,
04:44some have underlying causes.
04:46From the 1930s through the 1950s,
04:49Tyrone Power garnered a reputation
04:51for playing romantic adventurers.
04:53I never dreamed dancing could be so wonderful.
04:58I found it rather fatiguing.
05:01If you'll excuse me, senor, I wish to retire.
05:04So sorry.
05:05While filming a duel scene in Solomon and Sheba,
05:07he suffered a massive heart attack
05:09and died while in transit to the hospital.
05:12Though it seemed to happen out of nowhere,
05:14it was later revealed that he smoked
05:16three to four packs of cigarettes a day,
05:18which more likely than not played a pivotal role
05:20in his sudden fate.
05:22The tragic event caused production to temporarily stop,
05:25and the project was nearly canceled entirely
05:28before finally being finished and released in 1959.
05:32This is not your kind of game, brother.
05:34I never thought of it as a game.
05:35I fight by your side.
05:37Then the sword of victory, Solomon.
05:39Lee Morgan, jazz musician.
05:41While most unexpected fates mid-performance
05:45are due to unforeseen health issues,
05:46others are more violent.
05:48Lee Morgan was a highly respected jazz trumpeter,
05:51having recorded with icons like John Coltrane
05:54and Dizzy Galepsi.
06:01In 1972, he was cut down at the height of his success.
06:05He'd been playing in New York City club
06:07when he got into a fight with his girlfriend,
06:09which eventually escalated into him being shot.
06:12At first, it seemed as though he would survive
06:14due to his injuries being non-fatal.
06:16However, heavy snowfall in the area
06:19made it impossible for first responders to reach him,
06:22resulting in him bleeding out and dying
06:24at just 33 years old.
06:26Had he survived, he could have continued
06:29his prolific career for decades to come.
06:32Renato Di Paolo, actor.
06:34Seeing someone die during a show
06:36is already traumatic enough.
06:38Having it without anyone even noticing
06:41is even more horrific.
06:42In 2000, Renato Di Paolo was tasked with portraying Judas
06:47in a play centered around the trial
06:49and execution of Jesus Christ.
06:51In one scene, the disgraced apostle
06:53takes his life by stabbing himself in the back.
06:56In the next scene, he's seen as a young man
06:59In one scene, the disgraced apostle takes his own life.
07:02The scene wherein he was tied to a tree by a noose
07:05had gone off without a hitch previously.
07:08However, one night the rope tightened,
07:10causing him to inadvertently asphyxiate.
07:13Neither the crowd nor his fellow actors noticed,
07:16and the play continued on
07:18before they realized he was unconscious.
07:20To make matters worse, it was being filmed,
07:23capturing both his horrific final moments
07:25and the delayed reaction to them.
07:28Sid James, actor, comedian.
07:31Some comedians will commit to jokes so well
07:33that even their co-stars learn to take them in stride.
07:36While this usually results in improv gold,
07:39it has also led to disastrous consequences.
07:41Sid James was a highly acclaimed actor
07:44who dominated the stage, screen, and radio.
07:47Now then, sir, what do you fancy?
07:49Yes, please.
07:50Yes, please.
07:51Yes, please.
07:52Yes, please.
07:53Yes, please.
07:54Yes, please.
07:55Yes, please.
07:56Which one?
07:58I'll have one of each.
07:59He was such a household name
08:00that his death would have been shocking
08:02no matter the circumstances.
08:04When he collapsed while performing in a play,
08:06his fellow actors assumed it was a dark joke.
08:09It wasn't until they tried riffing with his corpse
08:11that they realized something was wrong.
08:13I really honestly thought it was a gag,
08:15so I started ad-libbing and saying,
08:17oh, Sid, I've come all this way to see you,
08:19and this is the way you treat me.
08:21And then looked back
08:23and thought he would continue with the show,
08:24but still nothing.
08:26So then I thought there was something terribly wrong.
08:28Even when the curtain eventually dropped,
08:30the audience still thought it was a bit.
08:32However, the laughter quickly died
08:34when they learned the truth,
08:36that the comedic legend had died.
08:38Cesar Cuauhtemoc Gonzalez Barón,
08:41Silver King, wrestler.
08:43Although it's dramatized and scripted,
08:45wrestling still isn't without its risks.
08:48Some find this out through injury,
08:50and others find out through more permanent means.
08:53In 2019, a highly respected Mexican wrestler
08:56known as Silver King
08:58was in the middle of a seemingly normal match
09:00when he was pinned and didn't get up again.
09:03He'd suffered a heart attack without anyone noticing,
09:05including his opponent,
09:07who continued striking him
09:08even after it was clear he wasn't getting back up.
09:11It took several minutes
09:12before people realized what had happened,
09:15and by the time medical help arrived,
09:17he had passed away.
09:19The tragedy resulted in the league
09:20finally strengthening their safety measures,
09:23including requiring multiple medics
09:25and ambulances be on standby.
09:28Dick Sean, actor-comedian.
09:30Comedians aren't afraid of joking about anything,
09:33even their own fates.
09:34Character actor Dick Sean was no exception.
09:37While he'd been known in life
09:38for his roles in films like the Producers,
09:40he also found success as a stand-up comedian.
09:43In 1987, he'd been performing a normal set
09:46at the University of California
09:48when he keeled over on stage.
09:50The audience did nothing,
09:51assuming that it was all part of the act.
09:53It took several minutes before he was finally examined.
09:56Even as CPR was being administered,
09:58some were still convinced it was all one big, dark joke.
10:02It wasn't until his cause of death was revealed
10:05that they all realized they'd been witness
10:07to his final moments alive and had laughed.
10:10Leonard Warren, opera singer.
10:13A lead baritone in the New York City Metropolitan Opera,
10:16Leonard Warren was known for the power
10:19and range of his voice.
10:20-♪♪
10:28His career spanned just over 20 years.
10:31He sang in over 600 shows
10:34and had a recording contract with RCA Victor.
10:37In 1960, Warren played the role of Don Carlo
10:41in Giuseppe Verdi's La Forza del Destino.
10:44Reports claim that, at the end of the Act III aria,
10:48upon his exit, Warren collapsed on stage.
10:52He was declared deceased by the opera house physician
10:55merely 25 minutes later.
10:57Weirdly, the aria actually opened with the line,
11:00"'To die a momentous thing.'"
11:02Warren's cause of death was publicly announced as a stroke.
11:06-♪♪
11:07-♪ Oh, it's sailors are Romans and sailors are men ♪
11:12William Ellsworth Robinson, magician.
11:15William Ellsworth Robinson was a magician
11:18around the turn of the 20th century
11:20who took on the persona of a Chinese man
11:22and went by the stage name Cheng Ling Su.
11:25Some pretty terrible stuff, we know.
11:27Robinson specialized in illusions
11:30and eventually became a wealthy vaudeville performer.
11:32-♪ Oh, it's sailors are Romans and sailors are men ♪
11:37-♪ Oh, it's sailors are Romans and sailors are men ♪
11:43One of his most famous illusions
11:44was the old bullet-catch trick.
11:47A bullet is visibly loaded into a modified gun,
11:50which prevents it from actually leaving the chamber,
11:52and the magician,
11:53who's been holding some bullets of his own,
11:56pretends to catch the one seemingly fired from the gun.
11:59However, one night in 1918,
12:02the gun accidentally fired the bullet,
12:04fatally piercing Robinson's lung.
12:07Nick Menza, drummer.
12:09Nick Menza was the drummer for heavy metal band Megadeth
12:12between 1989 and 1998
12:15and recorded with them for four of their studio albums.
12:24Though this was perhaps his most famous turn in the spotlight,
12:27Menza played for a total of 12 bands
12:29and had a fruitful career.
12:31However, his history reads like a series
12:33of unfortunate events.
12:35For one, he had to leave Megadeth because of medical issues
12:38and was never asked to return.
12:46Then, a tour was canceled due to both the guitarist
12:49and the bassist's sudden deaths.
12:51There was also a power saw incident
12:53where he nearly lost an arm.
12:55In 2016, while playing on stage in California,
12:59Menza collapsed three songs into the show.
13:02He was pronounced dead from congestive heart failure
13:04at 51 years old.
13:06You know, Nick was a friend.
13:08Before he was even in the band,
13:09he was on tour with us on So Far, So Good, So What,
13:12and then obviously was an integral part
13:14of the big thrust of our legacy.
13:16You know, certainly the fans love him
13:18and we loved him as a friend even when he wasn't in the band.
13:21Irma Bule, pop star.
13:23Irma Bule was a popular pop singer in Indonesia
13:27and frequently used snakes in her shows,
13:29draped over her shoulders or handled as she sang.
13:40However, with great snakes come great risks
13:43and Bule was the unfortunate victim of her own sidekick.
13:47During a performance at a party in 2016,
13:49she was performing with a king cobra
13:51who had not been defanged.
13:53After accidentally stepping on the snake,
13:55it bit her in the thigh.
13:57Bule was reportedly offered anti-venom
13:59by an offstage handler,
14:01but refused it and continued to perform
14:03for another 45 minutes.
14:05Unfortunately, the effects of the venom
14:07began causing her to throw up and have seizures.
14:10She died at just 29,
14:12shortly after being rushed to the hospital.
14:15Mitsuharu Misawa.
14:17Mitsuharu Misawa was a Japanese professional wrestler.
14:20He debuted in 1981 under the persona of Tiger Mask,
14:25a popular gimmick in the field at the time
14:27which was based on a 1968 manga series.
14:30Misawa went on to have a rich career in the sport
14:33until 2009, at which time he told an interviewer
14:36that he wished to retire in two years' time.
14:41Ah, ah!
14:44Four days later, on June 13th, 2009,
14:47Misawa participated in a tag team match.
14:50During this match, Misawa took a back suplex
14:53from his opponent, after which he collapsed
14:55and was shortly pronounced dead at 46.
14:59The cause of death was deemed to be a fatal separation
15:01between the upper cervical vertebrae of his spine.
15:05Sib Hashian, drummer.
15:07Sib Hashian was a replacement drummer
15:09and best Afro wearer for the band Boston
15:12in the late 1970s.
15:14♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
15:19He went on to record and perform with a number of artists,
15:22and in 2017, he was a guest drummer
15:25on a Legends of Rock-themed cruise.
15:27During a set aboard the ship, he collapsed on stage
15:30and could not be revived despite efforts.
15:33His cause of death was reportedly a heart attack.
15:36We all loved Sibby so much,
15:37and he was a big part of my growing up.
15:39So to be able to become a personal friend of Sibby
15:43was a big deal to me, but he just had a big heart.
15:45He would show up at our foundation events
15:47and help us out.
15:48Interestingly, one of Hashian's daughters, Lauren,
15:51married Dwayne The Rock Johnson.
15:53Johnson wrote a touching social media post
15:56in reference to Hashian upon his passing,
15:58referring to him as his second dad.
16:01Sam Patch, Daredevil.
16:03Known as the first Daredevil in America to gain fame,
16:06Sam Patch made a name for himself
16:08by jumping from impressive heights.
16:10Sometimes referred to as the Jersey Jumper,
16:13Patch would leap into waterfalls or rivers
16:16from cliffs, bridges, and platforms.
16:18Sam Patch goes to the falls, screams out to the crowd.
16:21Some things can be done as well as others.
16:24Takes a few steps back, runs and takes a leap into the air,
16:27and then plunges, feet first,
16:29in his trademark straight-as-an-arrow dive.
16:32Patch truly achieved the height of his career
16:34in autumn of 1829 with a jump into the Niagara River
16:38from a specially built 125-foot ladder.
16:41He became the first famous American Daredevil
16:44after jumping into the river near the base of Niagara Falls.
16:47Later that year, on a Friday the 13th,
16:50Patch would jump into the Genesee River
16:53in what was oh-so-horribly advertised as Sam's last jump.
16:57Patch either jumped or fell from the platform,
17:00and his failure to achieve the proper entry
17:02coupled with a rapid temperature change
17:04from the descent are likely what caused his death
17:06at only 30 years old.
17:08Today, a leisure boat traveling along the Erie Canal
17:12bears Sam Patch's name.
17:14Tiny Tim, singer, musician.
17:17Herbert Boutros Kari, known professionally as Tiny Tim,
17:21was a singer, ukulele player, and musical archivist.
17:24Wait till you see this, pal.
17:26The toast of Greenwich Village
17:27and his first appearance anywhere, Tiny Tim.
17:31You likely know him best from his falsetto cover
17:34of the 1929 song Tiptoe Through the Tulips,
17:37which is sometimes used in horror films
17:39to really creep everyone out.
17:41♪ Oh, tiptoe ♪
17:44♪ By the garden, by the garden ♪
17:47♪ Of a little tree and... ♪
17:50His career in music spanned from the early 1960s
17:53all the way to his death in the mid-'90s.
17:55In September of 96, Tiny Tim was diagnosed with cancer
17:59and was hospitalized for three weeks.
18:02In November of 96, Tiny Tim had a heart attack
18:05at a ukulele festival in Massachusetts.
18:08He spent three weeks in the hospital
18:10and was advised not to perform
18:11due to a multitude of health concerns.
18:14Just one month after this, however,
18:16Tim took the stage at a gala benefit
18:18and suffered another heart attack on stage
18:20during the performance of his most popular song.
18:23♪ Tiptoe through the tulips with me ♪
18:29In the late 70s, he was the first black man
18:33to play Fred Sanford in a film.
18:35He was also the first black man to play
18:37John L. Roy Sanford.
18:38Redd Foxx was a well-known stand-up comedian and actor.
18:42My great-great-grandfather,
18:43one of the first black politicians in Mississippi.
18:46He ran for the border.
18:47His long and illustrious career took him
18:50from dark nightclub stages to network television and film.
18:54He's perhaps best known for playing Fred Sanford
18:58Hello, Woody.
18:59Hello, Fred Sanford, and how are you today?
19:02Fine up to now.
19:04Will you stop that?
19:06Okay, okay.
19:07I'm quite fine, Esther.
19:09And may I lie and say how nice it is to see you?
19:13He also starred in a short-lived sitcom,
19:16The Royal Family, in 1991.
19:18And it was on the set of that show
19:19that he met his unfortunate end.
19:22Foxx, then 68, was called in for rehearsals,
19:25but after running his lines, he collapsed.
19:28Eerily enough, it was believed he was joking at first,
19:31as his Sanford character was known for faking heart attacks.
19:34This one was real.
19:36Mark Sandman, singer-musician.
19:39Mark Sandman is perhaps best known
19:41for forming and fronting the alternative rock band Morphine
19:44from 1989 until his death in 1999.
19:48Hello, this is Morphine,
19:50and you are watching 120 Minutes on MTV.
19:55He was an eccentric, mysterious personality
19:57and was known for altering his instruments
19:59to achieve new and experimental sounds.
20:02During a performance with Morphine in Palestrina, Italy,
20:06Sandman collapsed on stage.
20:08At only 46 years old, he had had a heart attack,
20:11which was aggravated by stress
20:13and the elevated temperature of the venue.
20:16His impact on the music world is evident
20:18in the impressive amount of tributes
20:20that poured in following his death.
20:22I always see those guys when I wanna go to Boston,
20:25and it's always very bittersweet
20:27because I think in both directions,
20:32immediately we're back in Palestrina again.
20:35John Eric Hexham, actor.
20:37John Eric Hexham was a promising up-and-comer
20:40when an accident on set ended his life abruptly.
20:43After moving to New York City in 1980
20:46to pursue his dreams of stardom,
20:47he starred and co-starred on a few TV shows
20:50and smaller film productions
20:52before landing the role of a CIA operative
20:55on the series' cover-up.
20:56Better yet, we can listen in on his phone calls,
20:59put a transmitter in his car,
21:01and let him take us to the big guy.
21:04I like that.
21:05You're starting to think like me.
21:06Oh, I hope not.
21:07During a lapse in the filming of the show's seventh episode,
21:10Hexham decided to play with the handgun
21:12his character was given, which was loaded with blanks.
21:15Hexham, thinking they were harmless,
21:17emptied all but one with the intention
21:20to play a game of mock Russian roulette.
21:22The blanks' impact ended up fracturing his skull,
21:25and he was pronounced brain-dead nearly a week later
21:28at just 26 years old.
21:30Hexham's death is a loss for his family, friends, and fans.
21:34Johnny Ace, singer.
21:36This one is strikingly similar to John Eric Hexham's death.
21:40John Marshall Alexander Jr., more well-known as Johnny Ace,
21:44was a rhythm and blues artist.
21:46I'll forever love you
21:50The rest of my days
21:53He had a number of hits in the 1950s,
21:55and it's safe to say he would likely
21:57have had a fruitful career.
21:59However, Ace had the habit of carrying and playing
22:02with a revolver when he was bored.
22:04On a set break backstage Christmas Day of 1954,
22:07Ace's boredom became lethal.
22:10A bass player present at the time
22:11said that someone warned Ace about the dangers of being
22:14so careless with his revolver.
22:16To this, he responded,
22:17it's okay, gun's not loaded, see?
22:20And shot himself in the head.
22:22He was only 25 years old.
22:24["The Nutcracker"]
22:31Carl Walenda, tightrope walker.
22:34Carl Walenda came from a family of entertainers
22:37and started performing when he was just six years old
22:40in the early 1900s.
22:41He eventually formed the Great Walendas,
22:44a high-wire daredevil act that performed throughout Europe.
22:47As far as the audience,
22:49they just loved to listen and watch him perform.
22:52And when he would get down on a microphone,
22:54they would love to listen to what he said.
22:56He just had that kind of a magnetic personality.
23:00There were many accidents and tragedies
23:02associated with the act throughout the years.
23:05Some of them included Walenda's sister-in-law, Yetta,
23:07who fell to her demise,
23:09his son-in-law, Richard,
23:10who was killed from accidental electrocution,
23:13and his adopted son, Mario,
23:15who was paralyzed from the waist down in a pyramid stunt.
23:18Walenda, however, persisted in his endeavors
23:21till the bitter end.
23:22At 73 years old, he tried a tightrope walk
23:26between two 10-story towers of a hotel in Puerto Rico,
23:29but violent winds and unsecure wiring
23:32caused him to fall to his death.
23:34Carl Walenda is the fifth member of the family
23:36to die while walking the high wire,
23:38the latest in a series of tragedies that began in 1962
23:42with a seven-man pyramid
23:44developed and perfected by Father Carl.
23:47Leslie Les Harvey, guitarist.
23:50Les Harvey was a Scottish guitarist
23:51who played in several bands in the 1960s and early 1970s
23:56and co-founded Stone the Crows.
23:58♪ Yeah ♪
24:00♪ Just read your paper ♪
24:04He was actually asked to join the Animals
24:06but turned down the offer,
24:08opting instead to play in his brother's group.
24:10He later joined the Blues Council,
24:13a band that recorded only one album
24:15before a tour bus accident
24:16took the lives of its vocalist and bassist.
24:19On a stage with Stone the Crows in Swansea, England in 1972,
24:24Les Harvey simultaneously touched
24:26his electric guitar strings
24:27and a microphone that was unearthed.
24:29With no ground, Harvey was electrocuted
24:32and passed away at just 27 years old.
24:35♪ Yeah ♪
24:38Victor Vic Morrow, actor.
24:40Victor Morozov, known as Vic Morrow, was an actor.
24:44He debuted on screen in the 1955 film Blackboard Jungle
24:48and subsequently appeared in a number of other movie
24:50and TV roles.
24:52In 1982, Morrow was cast in a segment
24:55of Twilight Zone the movie.
24:57Hey, Bill!
24:58What's going on?
24:59What's going on?
25:01What's going on?
25:02What's going on?
25:03What's going on?
25:05What's going on?
25:07Ha ha ha.
25:09How you doing?
25:10Hey.
25:11Can't stay long, my wife's relatives from Florida.
25:14He played a prejudiced man
25:15taken back in time to different eras
25:18where he would have been on the receiving end
25:19of fatal racism.
25:21In a scene taking place during the Vietnam War,
25:24Morrow, 53, and two illegally hired child actors
25:28were being chased by a helicopter,
25:30which was a mere 24 feet above them during filming.
25:33Pyrotechnics from the set fractured the helicopter blades,
25:37which sent the vehicle crashing to the ground,
25:39taking the lives of Morrow and the two children.
25:43Today's tragedy is raising many questions
25:44about safety conditions in moviemaking
25:47as well as the labor laws which protect child actors.
25:50Brandon Lee, actor.
25:52If the name Brandon Bruce Lee sounds familiar,
25:55it probably should.
25:56He was an actor, martial artist,
25:58and the son of the famous Bruce Lee.
26:00Brandon followed his father's footsteps
26:02and became an actor,
26:04with his first appearance being in a 1986 Hong Kong film
26:08titled Legacy of Rage.
26:13He appeared in a number of lesser well-known movies
26:15before ultimately landing the lead role
26:17of Eric Draven in The Crow,
26:19an adaptation of a comic book series.
26:22The role arguably would have launched Lee's career.
26:25Unfortunately, an on-set accident would prevent this.
26:29While filming, Lee was fatally wounded
26:31when he was shot with badly improvised dummy rounds
26:34from a revolver, a needless death
26:36at the hands of crew negligence.
26:38He was in critical condition.
26:41Somehow at that point, I don't know,
26:42I mean, I've got chills down right down my spine,
26:45and I felt that he's not gonna make it.
26:48Mr. Lee's heart stopped,
26:50and efforts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful.
26:53Wednesday afternoon, Brandon Lee was pronounced dead.
26:56Owen Hart, wrestler.
26:58Owen James Hart was born into a wrestling family.
27:02His father, Stu, was a big name in the industry,
27:04and seven of his siblings were wrestlers,
27:07with Owen and his brother, Brett, being the most successful.
27:10Well, Owen Hart's gotta take more chances,
27:12more risks than does his brother, Brett.
27:13I look for Brett to wrestle a very deliberate match here.
27:16Hart's career, from amateur to WWF contender,
27:20started in 1986 and ended with his unfortunate death.
27:24In May of 1999, during a WWF pay-per-view event
27:29titled Over the Edge,
27:30Owen Hart was slated to enter via harness
27:33from the rafters of the Kemper Arena.
27:35He'd performed the stunt before,
27:37but something faltered in the equipment that night,
27:40and he fell 78 feet,
27:42landing chest-first on the ropes of the ring.
27:45He died of internal bleeding from blunt force trauma
27:47at age 34.
27:49I think the reason his legacy is gonna live on forever,
27:52you hear constantly about the type of man
27:55anyone who shared a locker room with him
27:57said he was wonderful to be around.
27:59So I think the real legacy of Owen Hart
28:01is not just, again, what he did in that ring,
28:04but who he was as a person.
28:05Tommy Cooper, comedian.
28:07Tommy Cooper was a Welsh comedian and magician,
28:10known for wearing a red fez while performing.
28:12Look, it's a blue tie, white spots,
28:13blue tie, white spots.
28:14You just go bloop!
28:15It's a blue tie, it's the spots.
28:16He got his start while serving in the British Army
28:21in the 1940s by joining an Army entertainment group.
28:24His act combined magic and comedy,
28:27and he spontaneously borrowed a waiter's fez
28:30during a performance one night,
28:31which he would wear regularly thereon.
28:34His career, featuring TV appearances mostly,
28:36spanned almost 40 years.
28:39Other people express their feelings through poetry.
28:43But tonight, I will express my feelings
28:46by speaking to you through my trumpet.
28:48Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
28:53In 1984, however, Cooper collapsed
28:56and had a lethal heart attack
28:57in the middle of his televised act.
28:59It was at first believed to be part of the show,
29:01but people quickly realized that it was not.
29:05Steve Irwin, animal handler.
29:07Steve Irwin really holds a special place
29:10in all of our hearts.
29:12And though it was tragic,
29:13we can say he died doing what he loved.
29:15He's talking to this little lizard,
29:17and he's looked at me like that
29:18and gone, chomp!
29:19Right on my nose.
29:20Oh, really?
29:21Yeah.
29:21Can you get him to do that now?
29:22I'd love to see that.
29:25Try it.
29:27His father was a wildlife scholar
29:29with a particular interest in herpetology,
29:31which is the study of amphibians and reptiles,
29:34while his mother worked in wildlife rehabilitation.
29:38Steve was thus born into a love of animals and nature
29:41right out of the gate.
29:43In 1996, the Crocodile Hunter premiered
29:46on Australian TV.
29:47And a year later, U.S. and U.K. audiences
29:50were introduced to the enthusiastic croc handler.
29:53Unbelievable.
29:55She's looking around.
29:57I'm far more intimidated than she is.
29:59He became a national sensation.
30:01But unfortunately, while Irwin was filming
30:04in the Great Barrier Reef in 2006,
30:06a short-tailed stingray pierced his chest.
30:09Our favorite wildlife expert sadly met his end
30:13at 44 years old.
30:15Does your mind ever wander back
30:16when you're lying on the snout of a crocodile
30:17and you think of Steve?
30:18Oh, I miss him.
30:22I bet.
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30:39Dimebag Daryl, guitarist.
30:41Daryl Lance Abbott, better known as Dimebag Daryl,
30:45was a metal guitarist.
30:46In fact, he was held as one of the best of all time.
30:49Daryl played for a number of bands,
30:52but was primarily known as the lead guitarist for Pantera,
30:55which he formed with his brother, Vinnie Paul.
31:06Pantera released its first album, Metal Magic, in 1983,
31:09when Daryl was just 16 years old.
31:12Later, a second band, Damageplan,
31:14was formed with his brother around 2003,
31:17following the dissolution of Pantera.
31:19Y'all are number one.
31:20We're back with the Damageplan to blow it up everywhere.
31:25In 2006, Damageplan was playing at a nightclub
31:29in Columbus, Ohio.
31:30During their first song, a crazed fan rushed the stage
31:34and shot a 38-year-old Dimebag Daryl multiple times
31:37before being tackled by the head of security,
31:40who also lost his life in the scuffle.
31:43Which onstage death did you find the most tragic?
31:47Let us know in the comments.
31:49There's a lot of high winds
31:50that come over the top of the building,
31:52and that particular day, the winds were up to 40 miles.
31:55I believe they were blowing at least 40 miles per hour.
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