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Angela Bassett's stunt-double Sonja Davis fell to her death in a stunt gone wrong. [235] Her death led to a $50 million wrongful-death lawsuit against Paramount Pictures. [257] Waterworld (1995). During production, actresses Jeanne Tripplehorn and Tina Majorino were thrown overboard from the trimaran they were on when its bowsprit snapped ...
Corey L. Scott (December 28, 1968 – February 8, 1997) was an American stunt performer and professional motorcycle stunt rider.Scott died during a live stunt in front of a crowd of around 30,000 spectators at the Orange Bowl stadium in Miami, Florida, while attempting to perform a dangerous step-up jump on a motorcycle.
They featured a combination of famous performers and lesser-known magicians, each performing stunts or illusions that were claimed to involve the risk of death or serious injury. While some stunts clearly involved genuine life-threatening danger should anything have gone wrong, the risk of injury in others was open to question.
Daredevil Jonathan Goodwin was severely injured on Thursday night on the set of the new series America's Got Talent: Extreme.The stuntman, 41, was reportedly crushed by two cars, which then ...
3. Harry Houdini’s Underwater Box Escape. The great magician and escape artist Harry Houdini was known for his death-defying stunts — one of the most famous being his underwater box escape ...
The stunt by Red Bull involved bringing two Cessnas into a nosedive, when each pilot would then jump out, skydive across and enter the other plane to land. [30] Both pilots were uninjured in the accident, but later had their pilot's licences revoked by the FAA for failing to adhere to flight regulations.
Jonathan Goodwin, the America’s Got Talent: Extreme contestant who suffered a horrific accident in a stunt gone wrong in October, is paralyzed.. The daredevil, 42, shared the health update on ...
Sherman Dwayne "Butch" Laswell (October 12, 1958 – March 10, 1996) [1] was an American stunt performer and professional motorcycle stunt rider. Laswell died after sustaining injuries during a live stunt in front of a crowd of spectators, while attempting to carry out a dangerous motorcycle jump in Mesquite, Nevada. The accident was captured ...