Top of the Morning and hope you have a lovely day gorelovers , here’s 12 Actora(s) Musicians and the like who died doing what they loved doing ,
Let the gore begin

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Vic Morrow



During the filming of Twilight Zone: The Movie, Morrow was killed on set in July 1982, along with two child actors, Myca Dinh Le and Renee Chen, says How Stuff Works. The Twilight Zone script called for the use of both a helicopter and pyrotechnics, a deadly combination in this case.

On July 23, 1982, a Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter crashed at Indian Dunes in Valencia, California, United States, during the making of Twilight Zone: The Movie. The crash killed actor Vic Morrow and child actors Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen, who were on the ground, and injured the six helicopter passengers.

So sad to here , sorry for the lost his family may have encountered

Occupational hazard.

I can't wait for the time Nigerian actors especially the actresses will start dying on stage.

We need something real.

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Brandon Lee (POV :The real Joker )





Brandon Lee, the son of martial arts legend Bruce Lee, was killed on March 31, 1993, in a stunt accident on the set of The Crow. “Lee’s character was supposed to get shot in a scene, but the handgun used contained a fragment of a real bullet,” writes Ranker




During filming, Lee was walking through a doorway carrying a grocery bag as another actor fired blanks at him from 15 feet away, per the Los Angeles Times. At that moment, Lee activated a toggle switch underneath the grocery bag and set off the small charge, called a squib, which is commonly used on movie sets to simulate gunfire effects. Lee was hit in the abdomen by a projectile, and died later that day at the age of 28



Director Alex Proyas used a double and some special effects in order to complete the movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Crow tells the story of a rock musician, Eric Draven, who is granted life and power by a mysterious crow. Draven uses his abilities to hunt and kill the men that murdered him and His fiancé

John Ritter



John Ritter collapsed while on the set of 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter on September 11, 2003. Ritter had become ill while working on the ABC series and ended up collapsing on set. He was rushed to the hospital where he underwent surgery for a tear in his aorta, a rare medical condition that can hit without warning, writes Fox News.



Ritter died that evening, per Fox News. The show was retitled 8 Simple Rules and continued for another season with David Spade and James Garner as replacements, writes Access Atlanta.

Ritter was well-known for his many works in television and on film, particularly for his role as Jack Tripper in Three’s Company, according to Madame Noire

Tyrone power


While filming Solomon and Sheba, Tyrone Power suffered a massive heart attack on set during a fencing scene. He died on the way to the hospital on March 15, 1958, according to Ranker.

Power first rose to popularity in 1936 with Lloyds of London, according to About. Solomon and Sheba was a series about King David’s younger son, Solomon, who he named his heir rather than his older son, Prince Adonijah.

Red Foxx




In 1991 while filming on the set of The Royal Family (co-starring Della Reese), Foxx died of a massive heart attack. Ironically, he had become famous for grabbing his chest and calling out to his dead television wife, Elizabeth, while he pretended to have a heart attack on the ‘70s show, Sanford and Son, per Madame Noire.


Foxx was 68 years old at the time of his death.

Roy Kinnear
While in Toledo, Spain, filming the movie The Return of the Musketeers, Kinnear fell from a horse. The 54-year-old British actor sustained a broken pelvis and was taken to a hospital in Madrid. The following day, September 20, 1988, Kinnear died from a heart attack, writes Oddee.


Kinnear “played the role of Planchet, the servant of the Musketeer d’Artagnan, a role he created in the Richard Lester hit The Three Musketeers in 1974,” according to The New York Times. The director, Richard Lester, was deeply affected by Kinnear’s death and shortly after quit his own film career, per Oddee.

Martha Mansfield



While filming The Warrens of Virginia, the silent-film star was sitting in a car taking a break between takes. In what can only be described as a freak accident, a passerby lit a cigarette and accidentally flicked the match into the automobile. The match landed on Martha Mansfield’s costume, which was a giant and highly flammable Civil War-era dress. The dress went up in flames, per Death and Taxes. Mansfield died in the hospital the next day (November 30, 1923) from severe burns.

Paul Mantz


Mantz was a legendary aviator who lost his spot at the U.S. Army Flight School after buzzing over a train filled with high-ranking officers in an effort to show off his skills.

Later, he landed a role in Air Mail, where he flew a biplane through a hangar that wasn’t much bigger than his aircraft. Mantz then appeared in several other films, such as For Whom the Bell Tolls, Twelve O’Clock High, and The Wings of Eagles.

The daredevil died on July 8, 1965 while performing a stunt for The Flight of the Phoenix — a movie he came out of retirement to film, according to How Stuff Works. Mantz was flying over a desert in Arizona when his plane struck a hill and broke into pieces, immediately killing the aviator. Most of the film had already been shot, so filmmakers substituted another plane for some remaining close-ups. The Flight of the Phoenix was released later that year

Interesting...is that all?

Jon-Erik Hexum

An unintentional gunshot wound to the head on the set of the CBS adventure series Cover Up, killed Hexum in 1984, writes Access Atlanta. Hexum played Mac Harper, the Green Beret-turned-model in the TV show that delved into international mystery and fashion photography.

According to Entertainment Weekly, Hexum had been napping on October 12, 1984, during delays in filming. When he learned there would be more delays, he jokingly picked up a .44 Magnum pistol loaded with blanks, said “Can you believe this crap?” and pulled the trigger. The blast’s impact fractured his skull, which drove a bone fragment the size of a quarter into his brain, causing massive bleeding. He was rushed to the hospital where surgery was performed, however, he remained comatose and was pronounced brain dead on October 18, writes Entertainment Weekly.
Cover Up continued production with a new actor, but never made it past the first season

Art Scholl

Much of the fancy flying you see in Top Gun is performed by skilled stuntmen. But even for experienced pilots, there’s always an inherent risk. Art Scholl was one such pilot. He died on set while attempting to execute a move with his plane known as a flat spin. Tragically, the camera equipment mounted on the plane added too much unexpected weight, causing it to spin out of control and crash into the ocean below


Scholl, a seasoned flight instructor with his own aviation school, was 51 years old.

Jolene201:
Interesting...is that all?

Nope a lot more , have you had a NDE before ?

Bruce Lee
While Bruce Lee technically didn’t die from an incident that happened while filming, he still technically passed out during production, collapsing while dubbing for The Game of Death at Golden Harvest Studio in Hong Kong. He was sped away to a local hospital shortly after. Doctors there pointed toward abnormal swelling in the brain as the cause, eventually getting it under control enough to discharge him.

Two months later, Lee went to sleep and didn’t wake up, and was later pronounced dead.

Wow! so informative!

Aladdin1:
Wow! so informative!

Thank you , hope you’re having a wonderful day?

SELENA


Latina songstress Selena Quintanilla-Pérez (known the world over as simply "Selena" was a rising star when her fan club founder, Yolanda Saldivar, gunned her down, at age 23,

Yolanda Saldívar’s interest in Selena bordered on obsession.

She was said to have Selena’s photo and memorabilia all over her apartment before she ever bet the star. She begged Selena’s family to let her start a Selena fan club, and they allowed her to.

She soon turned to more than that when she became Selena’s boutique manager and friend


But it came out that Saldívar had been embezzling money from the fan club



When this became clear to Selena and her family, Saldívar lured Selena to a hotel room with a story that she had been raped and needed Selena’s help.

After Selena took Saldívar to a hospital and returned her to her hotel room, the two got into an argument, and Saldívar shot Selena in the back.

Selena ran from the room, and Saldívar followed her, screaming obscenities. Selena died shortly after

DIMEBAG DARRELL



Many folks say they'd like to die doing what they love, but not on a murderer's timetable. Damageplan and former Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell, 38, was shot while performing on stage December 8, 2004. His killer was diehard Pantera fan Nathan Gale, a former football player and U.S. Marine. Friends described him as a good guy until something snapped. Gale reportedly began thinking that he'd penned some of Pantera's songs. "He was off his rocker," one-time friend Jeramie Brey told The Columbus Dispatch. "He said they were his songs, that Pantera stole them from him and that he was going to sue them." According to the Daily News, Gale also blamed Darrell for the breakup of Pantera. During the fateful show in Columbus, Ohio, the 25-year-old reportedly rushed the stage screaming, "You broke up Pantera!" Gale killed the guitarist and three others before being shot and killed by a police officer.

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TheSourcerer:
Thank you , hope you’re having a wonderful day?

Sure! kudos to you.

MIKHAIL LERMONTOV




Young Russian artist Mikhail Lermontov was forever immortalized after his friend and admirer, Nikolai Martynov, killed him a duel in 1841. At age 26, Lermontov was making a name for himself as a poet, author, painter, and soldier, but he was also earning a reputation as a partier and prankster. The latter may have led to his demise. According to Russia Behind the Headlines, Martynov was reportedly teased relentlessly by Lermontov and eventually grew so tired of it that he challenged his friend to a duel. Lermontov accepted, but during the face off, he fired into the air, while Martynov aimed for the heart. That story is the stuff of legend, and it's unclear if Martynov suffered any consequences for the killing, but Lermontov's fate was sealed. His funeral was attended by thousands, and to this day, he is considered one of history's greatest poets.

ALBERT EBOSSE




Cameroonian soccer star Albert Ebossé reportedly died at the hands of fans after a match on August 23, 2014 in Algeria. According to The Guardian, the 24-year-old striker and his JS Kabylie teammates were leaving the field after losing to USM Alger. The players were reportedly being showered by projectiles hurled by angry fans when something struck Ebossé in the head. The object supposedly dented his skull, killing him, but that story has since come under question. As reported in The Guardian, "A new autopsy has claimed that [Ebossé] was stabbed and brutally beaten to death in the changing rooms..." Pathologists said the player suffered from more than just head trauma, including a cervical vertebrae rupture and other wounds indicating a struggle. At the time of this writing, it seems there may be more to Ebossé's death than an out of control fan, but considering soccer is a sport that has incited entire countries to go to war, we're keeping all theories on the table until further notice.

JOHN LENON





Outside of the death itself, perhaps the worst thing about John Lennon's death at the hands of Mark David Chapman on December 8, 1980, is that it happened for virtually no reason at all.

Chapman was reportedly a Beatles fan earlier in his life, but he wasn't truly obsessed with Lennon until Chapman himself experienced a religious awakening. And he wasn't driven by some subliminal message he supposedly heard, but by the hypocrisy he thought he heard in Lennon's lyrics. In addition to that, Chapman targeted Lennon simply because he thought killing someone famous would make him famous, too. To that end, he approached Lennon, asked for an autograph, got it, and then came back later to shoot him dead. All because he wanted fame. He got infamy instead.



We know this to be his motive, because he's admitted as much. When up for parole — for the ninth time — in September 2016, he told the board (as quoted by the Telegraph) that he had "a true sociopathic mind," and that he wanted to "shoot [Lennon] so that [Chapman] could be somebody." Unsurprisingly, the parole board stone-cold rejected his request for freedom, just as they had done eight times in the past. He was up for parole again in 2018, but received his tenth rejection to the surprise of absolutely no one.

Christina Grimmie


Christina was an up-and-coming 22-year-old superstar. She had just wowed viewers on The Voice, placing third in her season, and was branching out on her own. That is, until a crazed fan named Kevin James Loibl murdered her in front of stunned fans on June 10, 2016.



As reported by Click Orlando, Loibl was described by his friend, Cory Dennington, as a severe loner who, over the previous year or so, had grown psychotically attached to Grimmie. He would watch her videos on YouTube non-stop, altered his appearance (through Lasik, teeth whitening, and hair implants) so he might look good for her, and got angry whenever Dennington pointed out that the chances of Loibl winning Grimmie's heart were less than slim to none. Finally, Loibl decided to meet Grimmie, and apparently decided that if he couldn't have her, nobody could.

On June 10, Grimmie was signing autographs after a show when Loibl approached. Rather than getting something signed and leaving like everyone else, Loibl grabbed the guns he had somehow smuggled into the building and shot the singer. Her brother quickly grabbed Loibl, who managed to escape, only to shoot himself dead right after. Grimmie passed shortly thereafter.


Kevin James Loibl
After their performance ended at 10:00 p.m. local time, Grimmie signed autographs inside the venue. At 10:24 p.m., Grimmie was shot by 27-year-old Kevin James Loibl after initially opening her arms to give him a hug. As witnesses fled the scene, Loibl was tackled by Grimmie's brother, and the men scuffled

Andres Escober


On June 23, during the 1994 World Cup, Colombia — one of the favorites to win — dropped a 2-1 shocker to the United States, thanks in part to an own goal from Colombia's Andres Escobar. He attempted to block a shot but instead dribbled the ball past his own goalkeeper

In a just world, this would've simply been an embarrassment for Escobar — instead, it wound up sealing his fate. On July 1, Escobar was at a restaurant in his hometown of Medellin, Colombia. He got into an argument with some patrons over the goal, and the patrons ended the argument by shooting him multiple times. According to The Independent, one of them shouted "thanks for the own goal!" as he shot him.

According to Fox News, the shooter, a gangster named Humberto Munoz Castro, received 42 years in prison, though he got out after just 11. His bosses and accomplices, Santiago and Pedron Gallon, never received punishment, as Castro refused to snitch on them. Gangsters getting involved caused many to suspect that, in addition to being fans, Escobar's killers were heavily involved in drug trafficking and gambling, and that a lot of money rode on Colombia making it through. Since they didn't, the gangsters blamed the own-goal guy (even though the rest of the team played badly, too), and made sure it was the costliest error of his life.

Escobers Killer
Humberto Castro Muñoz, a bodyguard for members of a powerful Colombian drug cartel, was arrested on the night of 2 July 1994, confessing the next day to the killing of Escobar. Muñoz also worked as a driver for Santiago Gallón, who had allegedly lost heavily betting on the outcome of the game.

Definitely enjoyed this. Thank you for enlightening us as always.

TheSourcerer:
hi Hello ghostrye

Boss, I dey loyal o. Thanks for another brilliant post

Sick!
The life of human means nothing to this western psycho's

Nice educative writeup, OP.
Well Done!