Actors Who Died Before Seeing Their Last Film
By siliconindia
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Friday, 09 December 2011, 17:03 IST
Bangalore: Movie actors entertain us through their unique performances on TV and the silver screen. Some are remembered by the type of attire they sport or just the charisma they possess. There are some evergreen actors who continued starry career till their olden days. But some of them are unfortunate as they couldn't see their last creative project onscreen. Here is a list of actors who died during the filming by leaving their directors in an emotional and logistic dilemma. Such actors put themselves in dangerous situations by volunteering to perform dangerous stunts- all in order to make a box office hit. Some have even died while on duty.
Vic Morrow
Vic Morrow is famous through his role in the TV series called Combat. He died in a tragic helicopter accident during the making of Twilight Zone: the Movie, directed by John Landis on July 23, 1982. Along with Marrow two child actors named Myca Dinh Le (age 7) and Renee Shin-Yi Chen (age 6) also died in the accident. It was a dangerous sequence in the movie showcasing the combination of Pyrotechnics and helicopter maneuvering. The helicopter's tail gets detached because of the exploding pyrotechnics. Legal actions were taken against the director; and the movie got released the very next year, and performed well at the box office.