Actor Paul
Walker, who shot to fame as star of the high-
octane street racing franchise "Fast & Furious,"
died Saturday in a car crash in Southern
California. He was 40.
Walker's publicist Ame van Iden confirmed his
death, but said she could not elaborate beyond
statements posted on Walker's official Twitter
and Facebook accounts.
Walker was a passenger in a friend's 2005
Porsche Carrera GT and both were attending a
charity event for his organization, Reach Out
Worldwide, in the community of Valencia in
Santa Clarita, about 30 miles north of
Hollywood.
The website for the charity said the Saturday
event was intended to benefit victims of Typhoon
Haiyan in the Philippines.
Speed was a factor in the crash, the Los
Angeles County Sheriff's Office said.
The wreck took place about 3:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m.
ET), about 300 yards from the office park where
the event was held. The speed limit there is 45
mph.
Up and down the road near the crash site were
burned rubber and doughnut marks as though
someone smoked their tires in figure 8 patterns.
"I don't know if the marks in the road are related
to the crash," said Los Angeles County sheriff's
Sgt. Brian Allen.
Deputies arrived at the scene to find
a vehicle on fire, he said
Once fire crews put the flames out,
they found two occupants, both of
whom were pronounced dead at the
scene.
Saturday evening, all that remained
was the burnt mangled metal of the
red car and a light pole that had been
knocked down.
The county coroner said that, given
the condition of the bodies, it will take
some time to definitively identify them.
Box office success
Walker's career began on the small
screen, first with a commercial for
Pampers when he was 2, and then
with parts in shows such as "Highway
to Heaven" and "Touched By An
Angel."
His first few movie roles were as
supporting characters in teen flicks, most
notably in "Varsity Blues."
His career really took off when he was cast as
undercover cop Brian O'Conner infiltrating a
street-racing gang in 2001's "The Fast and the
Furious."
The box-office success of the surprise summer hit
yielded numerous sequels. And along with Vin
Diesel, Walker was one of the franchise
stalwarts.
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A devastating end to d life of a great actor... I love his films... Rest in peace Mr Paul

This is so sad. I had so much crush on him after watching fast and furious6.