On July 20, 1973, while working on the film The Game of Death in Hong Kong, the actor suddenly collapsed in the Golden Harvest film studio pavilion. He was immediately taken to the hospital, where he was given a disappointing diagnosis of cerebral edema. According to one version, Bruce took a headache pill containing aspirin and meprobamate, which led to his death. However, no analyzes and examinations were carried out, which raised doubts whether the actor really died from the pill. Rumors spread that he had been murdered. However, this version has not been confirmed.

2. Brandon Lee (age 28)

Alas, the same sad fate befell the son of Bruce Lee, Brandon Lee. On March 31, 1993, while shooting one of the final scenes of The Crow, where the main character is shot with a pistol, Brandon was shot in the stomach. Actor Michael Massey, who played one of the villains, fired a .44 revolver. The plug stuck in the barrel was not noticed by the members of the film crew and flew out when fired with a blank cartridge. As a result, the foreign body pierced Brandon's abdomen and stuck in the spine, causing extensive blood loss. Brandon died in the hospital from an ongoing hemorrhage. After the death of the actor, the shooting of the film continued with the participation of an understudy. He is buried next to his father in Seattle at Lake View Cemetery on the shores of Lake Washington at the site that Linda, his mother, originally reserved for herself.

3. Steve Irwin (44)

During another shoot, on September 4, 2006, the famous wildlife expert went scuba diving to film large stingrays off the Great Barrier Reef. One of the fish attacked the leader when he was above her. The stingray lifted its tail with a venomous stinger at the end and stabbed straight into Steve's chest. Unfortunately, the sting hit right in the heart, causing extensive blood loss. A few minutes later, Irwin died. The irony of fate is that this predator is rarely truly dangerous to humans: only two cases of the death of tourists stung by stingrays have been recorded off the coast of Australia.

4. John Eric Hexum (age 27)

Aspiring American actor who died at the age of 26 a stupid death. And so stupid that the case was nominated for a Darwin Award (an award given annually to individuals who died in the most stupid way). On October 2, 1984, during the filming of The Hidden Fact, Hexam's character was supposed to fire a .44 Magnum. During breaks, the actor played with a revolver and suddenly, deciding that the Magnum was loaded with blanks, he put it to his temple and pulled the trigger. The shot destroyed part of the actor's skull, causing extensive bleeding. After 6 days, the actor died, never regaining consciousness.

5. Sergei Bodrov Jr. (31 years old)

A terrible tragedy that claimed the lives of a large number of people occurred during the filming of the film "The Messenger". On that day, September 20, 2002, the Kolka glacier collapsed in the Karmadon Gorge, causing a stone avalanche that killed 130 people, 23 of whom were members of the film crew. Among them was Sergei Bodrov. The body of the actor was never found, which is why many thought for a long time that he survived.

6. Evgeny Urbansky (33 years old)

The actor died in 1965 on the set of the film "Director". According to the scenario, the car of the hero Urbansky was supposed to make a jump from one of the dunes. The first take was shot successfully, but the director decided to complicate the shot so that the car bounces higher. While filming the second take, the car overturned. As a result of his injuries, Urbansky died on the way to the hospital.

7. Vic Morrow (53), Mick Ding Lee (7), Rene Chen (6)

One of the worst tragedies in the history of cinema occurred in 1983 on the set of the film The Twilight Zone. In one of the scenes, Vic Morrow had to run across the lake with the children, Mick Ding Lee and Rene Chen. Explosions rumbled in the background, and a helicopter circled over the lake. According to the scenario, the helicopter should fly at a height of eight meters, which turned out to be too low to dodge pyrotechnic explosions. As a result of one of the explosions, the tail rotor blades were damaged, and the car crashed to the ground, taking the lives of Vic and two children. Everyone who was at this time in the helicopter itself survived, having received only minor injuries.

8. Roy Kinnear (54)

On September 20, 1988, while filming The Return of the Musketeers in Madrid, actor Roy Kinnear fell off his horse. As a result of the fall, he broke his pelvis, which led to profuse bleeding and death.

9. Inna Burduchenko (22 years old)

The actress died during the filming of "No One Loved Like This" (or "Flower on a Stone") during a fire. According to the script, the girl had to save the banner from the burning house. At the request of the director, Inna went into the burning house again and again. And during the shooting of the third take, the house collapsed. The actress did not have time to run out. She was burned 78% of the body, and, unfortunately, it was not possible to save the actress.

10. Andrey Rostotsky (45 years old)

In 2002, the shooting of the film "My Border" was to take place in the mountainous part of the outskirts of the city of Sochi. When Andrey Rostotsky chose places for filming, he fell from a 30-meter height from a cliff near the Maiden's Tears waterfall.

In the history of cinema, there have been tragic cases associated with the death of actors. Next, we offer a look at the latest footage of famous domestic and foreign actors who died on the set.

Bruce Lee. On July 20, 1973, the actor was working in Hong Kong on the film "The Game of Death" when he suddenly fell in the pavilion of the Golden Harvest film studio.

Bruce was immediately taken to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with cerebral edema.

According to one version, Bruce Lee took a headache pill containing aspirin and meprobamate, which led to fatal consequences.

No tests were taken, which makes it doubtful that he died from the pill. After his death, rumors began to spread that another master had killed him, but they were not confirmed.

The funeral of Bruce Lee turned into a citywide mourning. Friends and thousands of fans came to pay their last respects to him. Then the body of Bruce Lee was transported to Seattle, where his family said goodbye and where he was buried.

Brandon Lee. Hong Kong and American actor, martial artist, and also the son of Bruce Lee, who died on the set at 28 years old.

The final star status of the actor was supposed to be secured by the film "The Raven" - a film adaptation of comics on the themes of honor and retribution, immersed in a gloomy, "Gothic" atmosphere.

On March 31, at one o'clock in the morning, while filming one of the final scenes, where the main character is shot with a pistol, Brandon was shot in the stomach. Shot from a revolver 44 caliber actor Michael Massey, who played one of the villains.

The plug stuck in the barrel was not noticed by the members of the film crew and flew out when fired with a blank cartridge. As a result, the foreign body pierced Brandon's abdomen and stuck in the spine, causing extensive blood loss.

He died 12 hours later in a hospital in Wilmington, North Carolina. Doctors pronounced Brandon Lee dead on March 31, 1993, at 13:30, from an ongoing hemorrhage.

Brandon died seventeen days before his own wedding. He and Eliza Hutton were already engaged and were to be married immediately after filming ended.

The footage of the murder was not included in the film, this film was destroyed, and the scene was filmed again with the participation of an understudy. On April 3, 1993, a private funeral was held. Brandon Lee was buried next to his father in Seattle at Lake View Cemetery on the shores of Lake Washington at the site that Linda, his mother, had originally reserved for herself.

John Eric Hexum. John-Eric was a famous actor, a sought-after model and the dream of many women.

The tragedy occurred in 1984 on the set of the TV series Hidden Fact, he inadvertently put a 44-caliber Magnum loaded with blank cartridges to his temple and pulled the trigger.

Such cartridges are covered with a metal shell - this is necessary so that the sound of the shot is sonorous, sonorous, and human bones, of course, are very fragile.

As a result, the bullet destroyed part of the actor's skull, causing extensive bleeding.

Tyrone Power. An American actor best known for his romantic roles in classic Hollywood films from the 1930s-1950s, he starred in Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.

Power, 44, was playing a duel scene when he suffered a heart attack. The actor died before arriving at the hospital.

Martha Mansfield is both a vaudeville actress and an American silent film star.

In November 1923, during the filming of The Warrens of Virginia, Mansfield was sitting in a car when a passer-by who lit a cigarette inadvertently threw a match into the passenger compartment.

Mansfield's dress immediately caught fire, and the actress received severe burns all over her body. She was immediately taken to the hospital, but she died from her burns a day later.

John Ritter. The actor is best known for his role as Jack Tripper in the movie Three's Company. He has also made cameo appearances in TV series and films such as The Bob Newhart Show, The Cosby Show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Scrubs.

While playing a scene for the TV series on September 11, 2003, Ritter suddenly complained of nausea and chest pain. He was taken to the hospital and diagnosed with a heart attack, he died during the operation.

Vic Morrow. The actor is widely known for his roles in films such as Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry, Bad Bears, and the television series Charlie's Angels.

During the filming of The Twilight Zone in 1982, Morrow and two other actors portrayed Vietnamese fleeing an American helicopter during the war. Suddenly, the helicopter exploded, and all three died on the spot.

Roy Kinnear. The British comedian played Veruca Salt's father in 1971's Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and later in Richard Lester's The Three Musketeers and two sequels, The Four Musketeers and Return of the Musketeers.

During the filming of The Return of the Musketeers, Kinnear fell off his horse, resulting in a fractured pelvis, causing profuse internal bleeding. He was hospitalized, but died the next day of a heart attack.

Jean Harlow. One of the sexiest actresses of the 1930s, while filming Saratoga in 1937, felt unwell.

Jean began to complain of fatigue, nausea and pain in her stomach. When the scene was filmed where her character was suffering from a fever, she herself felt much worse than the heroine.

A few days later it became known that her kidneys were failing, she was urgently hospitalized, but the actress fell into a coma and died on June 7, 1937.

Eric Fleming. While filming a television movie about the jungle in 1966, the actor was canoeing with colleague Nico Minardos.

The canoe capsized and both actors fell into the Huallaga River. Minardos managed to get out, but Fleming was swept away by the current and drowned. His body was torn to pieces by piranhas.

Steve Irwin. A well-known Australian TV presenter, known as the "crocodile hunter" because he specialized in programs about dangerous animals, died during a live report.

On September 4, 2006, while filming underwater in the Great Barrier Reef, he was hit in the chest by a stingray.

Steve's death was watched by millions of viewers around the world. Irwin was 44 years old, he left two children - Bindi Sue and Bob Clarence.

Redd Fox. The American comedian died during a rehearsal for the television show The Royal Family.

The heart attack scene was Sanford's signature act, often played by the actor to amuse the audience.

Therefore, when he grabbed his heart and then fell, no one understood what really happened. When those around them got their bearings, they could no longer help Sanford, he died instantly.

Evgeny Urbansky. The star and sex symbol of Soviet cinema, actor Yevgeny Urbansky, died on the set of the film "Director". The actor wanted to play himself, without resorting to the help of a stuntman in an important but dangerous episode.

In the frame, the car driven by the main character, as if on a springboard, was supposed to take off over the dune and fall to the ground. The first take was shot successfully, but the actor did not like it - he insisted on the second.

The car fell on the roof. Urbansky was summed up by the lack of necessary experience - he broke his cervical vertebra and died a few hours later in the hospital.

The last words that the actor said in his life: "Lord, how painful!". Evgeny Urbansky was only 33 years old, two and a half months later his wife, actress Dzidra Ritenberg, gave birth to a daughter, who was named Evgenia.

Inna Burduchenko. A student of the Kyiv Theater Institute named after I.K. Karpenko-Kary died on the set of a film with the working title "Nobody Loved So", later renamed "Flower on the Stone".

In one of the scenes, the actress playing a Komsomol member had to save the banner from a burning house. The director forced Burduchenko to run into the gasoline-drenched and blazing hut again and again, and during the third take the building collapsed.

Inna, whose heel was stuck in a crack in the floor, did not have time to run out. At the last moment, she, like a true woman and actress, covered her face with her hands.

Burduchenko was carried out of the fire by the actor Sergei Ivanov, who, being at that time still an unknown extra, starred in the film as an extra.

Inna turned out to have 78 percent of her body burned (only her face remained unharmed), in the middle of the last century this was a death sentence.

Actors often die for fun, but it happens that death on the set turns out to be real.

Evgeny Urbansky

Evgeny Urbansky

The star and sex symbol of Soviet cinema, actor Yevgeny Urbansky, died on the set of the film "Director", which was shot by director Viktor Saltykov. The actor wanted to play an important, but technically difficult episode himself, without the help of a stuntman. In the frame, the car driven by the protagonist, as if on a springboard, flew over the dune (the shooting took place in the sand) and fell to the ground. The first take was shot successfully, but the actor did not like it - he insisted on the second, during which the car jumped and fell onto the roof. Urbansky was summed up by the lack of necessary experience and stunt skills: where a professional would have grouped up, shrunk and remained alive, the actor, on the contrary, tensed up, straightened up and - broke his cervical vertebra. He died a few hours later in the hospital. The last words that the actor said in his life: "Lord, how painful!" Evgeny Urbansky was only 33 years old, two and a half months later his wife, actress Dzidra Ritenberg, gave birth to a daughter, who was named Evgenia.

They say that the actor did not want to play this role - on the eve of filming, he was overcome by bad forebodings. The wife recalled that one day, returning home, she found him in a depressed state. “You know,” Urbansky confessed to her, “I felt so lonely, and around me it was so empty that for a moment it seemed to me as if I had died.” The feeling of disaster did not leave him on the set. The day before his death, he and his friend, actor and stuntman Vladimir Ballon, were allowed to view the filming location from a helicopter. Looking at the sand springboard from which his car was supposed to jump, Urbansky said: "Look, they are digging my grave." And - turned out to be right.

Inna Burduchenko

Inna Burduchenko

The day when a second-year student of the Kyiv Theater Institute named after I.K. Karpenko-Kary was offered to play a major role in the cinema, the girl, who had dreamed of becoming an actress since childhood, probably considered one of the happiest in her life. The first picture with the participation of Burduchenko, "Ivanna" directed by Viktor Ivchenko, made her famous both in the Soviet Union, where the film won the Second Prize at the All-Union Film Festival in Kyiv in 1960, and abroad, where the anti-clerical picture (in one of the scenes the heroine renounces from God and tears off the cross) caused a sharply negative reaction - they said that the Roman Catholic Church, led by its then Pope John XXIII, cursed everyone who was related to it.

Soon, seven people who were part of the film crew really died, among them was a young actress. Inna died on the set of a film with the working title "Nobody Loved So Much", later renamed "Flower on a Stone". In one of the scenes, the actress playing a Komsomol member had to save the banner from a burning house. The director forced Burduchenko to run into the barracks doused with gasoline and flared up like a match again and again, and during the third take the building collapsed. Inna, whose heel was stuck in a crack in the floor, did not have time to run out. At the last moment, she, like a true woman and actress, covered her face with her hands. Burduchenko was rescued from the fire by the famous Grasshopper, the actor Sergei Ivanov, who, being an unknown extra at that time, was acting as an extra in the film. Inna turned out to have 78 percent of her body burned (only her face remained unharmed), in the middle of the last century this was a death sentence. Despite the fact that the audience donated blood and even pieces of skin for her, the actress could not be saved. Inna, who was only 22 years old, was buried at the Baikove cemetery, she left a small child.

Vasily Shukshin

Vasily Shukshin

Vasily Shukshin died on the set of the film "They Fought for the Motherland" in September 1974. The night before, while working on the script for the next picture, "Stepan Razin", Vasily Makarovich became ill with his heart. Those who were still awake rushed to look for at least some medicine, but found only drops of Zelenin. At three o'clock in the morning, Shukshin told his friend, actor Georgy Burkov, who starred in his film: "I feel so bad that I won't even smoke - I'll go and lie down." At night, those who lived in the next cabin (the film crew was placed on the ship) heard a sharp knock on the wall, but did not pay attention to it.

The next morning, Burkov, without waiting for the arrival of Vasily Makarovich (according to the ritual developed during the filming, Shukshin always woke him up, and then they drank coffee together), went to his cabin. When no one answered the knock, he opened the door and saw Shukshin lying on the bed in an unnatural position - there was nothing to help Vasily Makarovich. His role in the film was played by an understudy, who was filmed only in medium and long-range plans, and voiced by actor Igor Efimov.

Brandon Lee

Brandon Lee

Bruce Lee's son, Brandon, began acting in films in 1991. For a long time, he dreamed in vain of a dramatic role, while the directors offered him bloody action films in which he had to show only one of his skills - to fight. When Brandon read the script for The Crow, he realized that his dream had finally come true: the main character of the film, a rock star, turns into a crow after death and takes revenge on his offenders. Brandon plunged into work with pleasure, not suspecting that he and his hero would have one day of death for two.

On April 1, 1993, eight hours before shooting, Lee picked up the ill-fated Magnum-44, brought it to his temple and pulled the trigger - the gun was not loaded and a click sounded instead of a shot. Seeing the fright on the faces of those around him, Brandon laughed: "Whoever is destined to be hanged will not drown. I will die differently, I should not be afraid of a gun." But when in the evening - already during the shooting - he again pulled the trigger, a shot suddenly rang out. Brandon fell around him - not according to the script! – there and then the pool of blood has spread. It turned out that they forgot to take out the so-called "plug" from the pistol, which was loaded with blank cartridges - having flown out, it got stuck in Lee's spine. Most likely, the cause of the tragedy was the negligence of the props, who did not keep track of the weapon, but this does not prevent Brandon's fans from assuring that their idol was killed - allegedly he was too close to unraveling the death of his father, Bruce Lee. A few hours later, the actor died in the hospital without regaining consciousness, a little more than two weeks remained before his wedding with his girlfriend Eliza Hutton ... Brandon Lee was buried at Lake View Cemetery in Seattle - next to his father. In the remaining episodes of The Crow, a stunt double was filmed, to which Lee's face was "added" using computer graphics.

Steve Irwin

Steve Irwin

The well-known Australian TV presenter Steve Irwin, who was often called the "crocodile hunter" (he specialized in programs about dangerous animals), died during a live report. On September 4, 2006, while filming underwater in the Great Barrier Reef, he was struck in the chest by a stingray. Steve's death was watched by millions of viewers around the world. Irwin was 44 years old, he left two children - Bindi Sue and Bob Clarence.

John Elroy Sanford

John Elroy Sanford

The American comedian, known to viewers as Redd Foxx, died during a rehearsal for the television show The Royal Family. The heart attack scene was Sanford's signature act, often played by the actor to amuse the audience. Therefore, when he grabbed his heart and then fell, no one understood what really happened. However, even if those around them had oriented themselves in time, they still could not have helped Sanford in any way - he died instantly, and their laughter was perhaps the best reward in the last seconds of an actor who made people laugh all his life.

John-Eric Hexam

John-Eric Hexum

Actor and model John-Eric Hexum passed away the same way as Brandon Lee - even the instrument of death he has is exactly the same, the same "Magnum-44", loaded with blank cartridges. During a break on the set, handsome John-Eric, deciding to joke, put a gun to his temple and pulled the trigger. A shot rang out and Hexam fell dead. The actor did not know that even blank cartridges are covered with a metal sheath - it is needed so that the sound of the shot is sonorous, sonorous, and human bones are very fragile.

Andrey Rostotsky

Andrey Rostotsky

Andrey Rostotsky, the son of director Stanislav Rostotsky and actress Nina Menshikova, died on May 5, 2002 on the set of the TV series "My Border" - he fell off a 30-meter cliff near the Maiden's Tears waterfall in the vicinity of Sochi. Relatives believe that Andrey was let down by those qualities that have always allowed him to succeed - he is used to always and in everything relying not on luck and "maybe", but on work, professionalism and thorough preparation. So on that day, he himself wanted to check the mountain path, along which the actors were supposed to go tomorrow. They say that Rostotsky broke down, reaching for a beautiful flower, but his widow Marianna is sure that this is nothing more than a beautiful legend. “Most likely,” she reflects, “Andrey stepped on one of the so-called movable stones - it seems that it lies firmly on the ground, but in fact it hangs in the air. There are many such stones around the waterfall, it’s not for nothing that it is called Maiden’s Tears “People often die there.”

That year, Easter fell on May 5, so both the wife and the second director asked Andrey not to go to the mountains and postpone everything until tomorrow, but he did not listen. Rostotsky was out of work for a long time, so he cherished every day spent on the set. Breaking off, Andrei fought for his life until the last minute - he fell, arms wide apart and trying to grab onto some branch or bush, so that if not escape, then at least soften the blow, but he did not succeed.

Sergei Bodrov-Jr

Sergei Bodrov Jr.

"Brother" Sergei Bodrov Jr. died on September 20, 2002 on the set of his film "The Messenger" in the Karmadon Gorge. More than a hundred people died with him, including members of the film crew and residents of the village of Nizhny Karmadon, due to the large number of victims, this disaster is compared with the death of the Kursk submarine. Then, high up from Mount Dzhimara, a block of ice broke off, which, having fallen on the Kolka glacier, moved it from its place. Sliding down, the avalanche, capturing huge stones along the way, covered the Karmadon Gorge, in which the group of the film "The Messenger" was located. On the eve, it was as if nature itself warned people about the danger: a dark cloud stood over the Karmadon Gorge all day, although it was a clear sunny day in the whole district, sheep huddled in fear, and the dog participating in the filming howled so that the blood ran cold in the veins. But no one heeded these warnings, in the morning the film crew again went to the mountains, and in the evening, in just a few minutes, people were covered by a glacier - most likely, many did not even have time to understand what was happening.

Trying to somehow explain the causes of the terrible tragedy, they say and write a lot about the fact that the script for "The Messenger", which Sergey wrote himself, was full of mystical events. They recall that even during the filming of The Prisoner of the Caucasus, Bodrov was fascinated by the mountains and often said that he would like to stay in this area forever. According to local residents, the reason for the incident could be that the film crew disturbed the peace of the spirits - not far from the filming site there was an old cemetery, which is considered the kingdom of the dead.

More than a hundred people have been missing for ten years, they have no graves, no one has found their remains - according to scientists, Kolka will melt for twelve years. Therefore, many believe that Bodrov and those who were with him did not die, but live somewhere in a parallel reality - they say that such cases happen in the mountains.

Andrey Krasko

Andrey Krasko

One of the most successful Russian actors of the post-perestroika period, Andrei Krasko died on July 4, 2006 in Odessa on the set of the Liquidation series. That summer, the sea coast was so hot that fish were boiled alive in shallow estuaries. It is not surprising that the heart of the actor, exhausted by work for wear and tear (at one time, Krasko was unemployed for a very long time, so he grabbed any offer) and many years of alcohol abuse, could not stand it. On that day, the actor had a day off, he went with friends and a girlfriend near Odessa for a picnic. There he became ill. Perhaps if he had received timely medical assistance, everything would have worked out, but the ambulance refused to go out of town. The actor's friends do not relieve the producers of "Liquidation" of responsibility either: shortly before filming, Krasko had to go to the clinic for an examination, but the producers did not let him go, citing a busy filming schedule.

Before his death, Krasko had only two full days of shooting, he managed to play several episodes, including the scene in which his hero is found dead. The director of "Liquidation" Sergei Ursulyak still thanks God for the fact that the decision to continue filming or turn off and leave for Moscow was not made by him - it was made by the producers. Despite the tragedy, work on "Liquidation" was continued - the role of Fima instead of Krasko was played by Sergei Makovetsky.

Taisiya Kondratieva

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10 Actors Who Died While Filming

The death of a beloved actor is always a surprise, shock and tragedy. Once we turn the page of a newspaper or magazine, click on the news link - here they are, sad headlines that report the passing of a great man. Can you imagine a situation when an actor literally gives his life for the sake of his beloved work? That is, the director, writers and the entire film crew are trying to realize what happened when the ambulance takes the body of the actor, who just played the planned scene.

Often, writers have to rewrite the storyline so that the character of the deceased actor can be carefully "removed" from some of the planned scenes. That's just a man will forever remain in the hearts of fans and spectators, who remain with sorrow to participate in the funeral procession. Those fans who are far from the place of farewell to the star, have to be content with the final TV show or biopic.

Consider the reasons why 10 famous actors left this world prematurely, devoting themselves to art for the last time.

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 "in the backyard" - an understudy for Vin Diesel. Yes, yes, this bald man with biceps and powerful cheekbones did not perform dangerous stunts himself - stuntman Harry L. O'Conner was hired for this. Instead of the main character, he had to, being on the cable of the bridge, jump down to the submarine. Harry, unfortunately, jumped off too quickly and crashed to death on the bridge, which was recorded by the operator's camera. Sad footage from this episode was added to the final cut of XXX.

9. Brandon Lee

The talented heir to Bruce Lee, by the will of fate, also died at work at the age of only 28 years. The young Hollywood and Hong Kong actor was just starring in the gothic and rather dark film The Crow, the script of which was written based on comics. In the process of filming one of the final takes, where the main villain shoots the avenger "The Crow", Brandon was actually shot in the stomach. A fatal shot from a revolver pierced the peritoneum with a blank cartridge, which then stuck in the vertebrae and caused severe bleeding. Brandon died 12 hours later at the clinic from a hemorrhage. The sad event happened 17 days before the actor's scheduled wedding. Frames 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 for Hollywood films, served in the Air Force and even received a “colonel”. While working on the famous film "Flight of the Phoenix", the plane piloted by the actor crashed into a hill. It happened in July 1965. The aircraft fell apart 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 the hospital with serious injuries. Unfortunately, alcohol, found by the commission in the blood of stuntman Mantz, served as the root cause of the plane crash.

7. Marilyn Monroe

Norma Jean Mortenson, who conquered the world, was so imbued with the life of her heroine that she even died during filming. It happened on the set of the film with the prophetic title "Something's Got to 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 restrain her vices. Rumor has it that the abuse of antidepressants and drugs developed against the backdrop of a strong inferiority complex, which, in theory, should not have formed at all with an actress of such magnitude and popularity.

6. John Eric Hexum

The attractive actor drove many fans crazy, thanks in large part to his modeling career. On the set of the popular series Hidden Fact, fate played a sad joke on John. When he inadvertently directed a firearm to his temple and pulled the trigger, he fired a blank cartridge, which was previously covered with a metal sheath. The fragile bones of the skull were pierced, due to which the actor died from extensive bleeding. An unexpected tragedy for everyone happened in 1984, and its "culprit" was a charged "magnum" 44 caliber.

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, to which the film crew immediately reacted and sent him to the hospital. Doctors made an unexpected diagnosis of cerebral edema, which, according to one version, developed on the background of the use of a tablet with meprobamate and aspirin in the composition. However, the star was not tested, which casts doubt on this information. After rumors spread that Lee's competitor had arranged the death, however, they were not confirmed either. The farewell to the actor was large-scale - thousands of fans, friends and acquaintances came to the citywide mourning. The body was then transported to Seattle, where Bruce's family could say one last goodbye and be buried.

4. Vic Morrow and two teenage actors Mika Ding Lee (age 7) and Renee Shin-Yi Chen (age 6)

A terrible tragedy happened to the participants during the filming of the famous film "The Twilight Zone". The actor and a couple of school-age children, according to the script, portrayed the Vietnamese who escaped American pursuers by helicopter during the war. Unexpectedly for the entire film crew, the helicopter with the actors exploded, which led to their death on the spot. So in 1982, the famous actor of Charlie's Angels and Bad Bears, as well as two children who were just starting their careers in show business, passed away.

3. George Camilleri

The ill-fated film "Troy" became a landmark for several Hollywood actors at once. Known to all, Brad Pitt managed to damage the Achilles tendon - you see, it is very symbolic. But this incident faded before the 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 a couple of days later he had a heart attack against the background of a blood clot that had come off in the injured leg. Another attack followed, which eventually led to the death of the actor.

2. John Ritter

The talented actor of the film “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 bursting chest pain and severe nausea, fainted, after which he was sent to the hospital. There, the actor was diagnosed with a "heart attack" and an emergency operation was scheduled for the same evening, during which, unfortunately, he did not survive.

1. Paul Walker

Many fans of the film "Fast and the Furious" heard about this sensational death, as fate played a cruel joke on the main actor. During his lifetime, an experienced racer, Paul, along with a friend, got into a car accident on the way from filming. The car caught fire, which led to the death of passengers (Walker and Roger Rodas). Filming was delayed, but the film was released anyway. His brother had to replace Paul.

The talented actors mentioned in the review were devoted to their favorite work to the last, delighting fans with their work for the last time. Let's remember the kindest and most pleasant moments of a career in memory of worthy people.

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On filming. The actors you can see below died during the filming process. Unfortunately, illnesses, tragic and accidents did not bypass these wonderful actors, who by the time of their death were already known to the audience and were in demand actors. Their death right during the filming of the next films, which were supposed to give pleasure from viewing, shocked viewers and fans.

15 Actors Who Died While Filming

One of the most beautiful actresses of the 1930s, Jean Harlow, fell ill while filming Saratoga in 1937. The actress began to complain of abdominal pain, nausea and fatigue. Some time later, it became known that Jean Harlow's kidneys were failing. After being hospitalized, she fell into a coma and died on June 7, 1937.

Russian actor Andrey Rostotsky died in 2002 on the set of the film My Border. The actor tried to climb a mountain slope without insurance at the Maiden's Tears waterfall in the area of ​​​​a ski resort near Sochi, but fell down. A fall from a 40-meter height led to the death of the actor.

Brandon Lee is an actor and son of Bruce Lee. He died at the age of 28 during the filming of The Crow. During the filming of one of the scenes in which Brandon's character is shot with a gun, an accident occurred. The members of the film crew did not notice that there was a plug left in the .44 caliber revolver. When fired with a blank cartridge, it flew out, hit the actor in the stomach and got stuck in the spine. Brandon Lee received extensive blood loss and died 12 hours after the tragic incident - March 31, 1993.

Bruce Lee is one of the most famous actors in history. He died on July 20, 1973 during the filming of The Game of Death. Bruce Lee suddenly fell right on the set. He was taken to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with cerebral edema. There are still rumors around the actor's death. According to the most common version, cerebral edema was due to a headache pill that contained aspirin and meprobamate. There are also rumors that Bruce Lee was killed by another martial artist, but sufficient evidence for this has not been found.

Vic Morrow died in 1982 on the set of The Twilight Zone. He and two other actors played Vietnamese fleeing an American helicopter. Suddenly, the helicopter exploded. From the explosion, all three actors died on the spot.

John Ritter passed away on September 11, 2003. The actor felt unwell during the filming of the series "8 Simple Rules for a friend of my teenage daughter." He complained of pain in his heart and fainted. The actor was taken to the hospital with a heart attack and died the same evening.

John-Eric Hexam died on October 18, 1984 at the age of 26. On the set of The Hidden Fact, he held a gun loaded with blanks to his temple and then pulled the trigger. The metal-jacketed blank ruptured the actor's skull and caused massive bleeding, leading to his death.

Soviet actor Yevgeny Urbansky died in 1965 at the age of 33. During a car stunt, which the actor decided to do on his own, the truck he was driving jumped on a sand dune and rolled over. As a result, Yevgeny Urbansky received a fracture of the cervical vertebrae and died on the way to the hospital.

The rising star of Soviet cinema Inna Burduchenko died on August 15, 1960. The tragic incident occurred on July 30, 1960 on the set of the film "Flower on the Stone". Inna Burduchenko was supposed to take out the banner from the burning barracks, but the barracks collapsed. The actress received severe burns from which she died in the hospital. The director of the film was sentenced to 4 years in prison.

American actress Martha Mansfield died on November 30, 1923. During the filming of The Warrens of Virginia, she was sitting in a car. At this time, a passer-by inadvertently threw a match, which fell into the car. The actress's dress caught fire, resulting in severe burns and she died in the hospital a few hours later.

Comedian Redd Fox died on October 11, 1991 during a rehearsal for the television show The Royal Family. On the set of the show, he grabbed his heart and fell. A heart attack led to the actor's death.

Comedian Roy Kinnear died on September 19, 1988. During the filming of The Return of the Musketeers, he fell off his horse and suffered a broken pelvis. He died the next day in the hospital from a heart attack.

Sergei Bodrov Jr. died on September 20, 2002. During the filming of the film "The Messenger", the film crew fell under the glacier in the Karmadon Gorge (North Ossetia). As a result of the tragedy, more than a hundred people are listed as missing - local residents and a film crew. The remains of Sergei Bodrov Jr. were never found.

American actor Tyrone Power died on November 15, 1958 from a heart attack. The misfortune happened during the filming of the film "Solomon and the Queen of Sheba."

Eric Fleming drowned while filming High Jungle in Peru. The tragedy occurred on September 28, 1966. While filming a canoe scene with Nico Minardos, he fell into a whirlpool, fell into the Juliaca River and drowned. His body, mauled by piranhas, was not found until four days later.