these people died doing what they loved
and were loved for welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 famous
people who tragically died while
performing 200 people saw willin to fall
many rushed to help but it was too late
for this list we’ve looked at well-known
personalities who unfortunately passed
away while doing what made them famous
or because of an accident or problem
suffered during their performance I
thought that state would wouldn’t like
out didn’t expect them to die yeah just
keep on filming and ill be all right
we’ll be excluding famed escape ologist
Harry Houdini as his death has been
linked to a backstage assault with the
consequences only setting in once he was
onstage number 10 John Eric hexam you’ll
be coming with us McCarver thanks but I
already have a date well you know
understand look John Eric hexam was just
26 when he died fooling around on the
set of the CBS TV series cover up I
don’t know I think I’d be interested in
being am I’m on oh yeah an actor and
model with a promising career ahead
hexon decided to play Russian roulette
in between takes with a gun used in a
previous scene which was loaded with
blanks
you should know you could be a little
bit of danger the actor was unaware that
firing blanks at close range could have
disastrous effects put the gun to his
temple pulled the trigger fractured his
skull and caused massive hemorrhaging
now uh unless you are the murderer I’d
appreciate it if you’d uh put the gun
down he was declared brain dead after
six days of surgery and his mother gave
permission to switch off life support
and donated hexam’s organs the series
paid tribute to the fallen actor in the
following episode John Eric Dixon died
in October of this year
but the lives he touched will continue
to be frightened by his light forever
number nine Karl Wallenda the idea was
to promote a circus act he was
performing with his granddaughter so a
high wire walk across the street from
one beachfront hotel to another a high
wire artist and founder of the
internationally acclaimed daredevil
group The Flying Wallendas Karl Wallenda
certainly lived life on the edge the
mind behind a hair-raising human pyramid
in which seven acrobats formed three
tiers and cycled across a wire malenda
made one walk to many in 1978 the
patriarch of the great Wallendas was
best known for the creation of their
three level human pyramid it was also
their most dangerous act the then 73
year old fell ten stories during a stunt
between the two towers of the condado
Plaza Hotel in San Juan Puerto Rico
while Linda had famously described being
on the wire as life and the rest is
waiting like Papa will unto said life is
on the wire the rest is just waiting but
it was a balancing act that eventually
horribly proved the death of him because
the rigging was rigged improperly under
his feet number 8 ji Rodale Jerome
Irving ROH Dale’s death came with
particularly dark irony the writer
magazine editor and health food guru for
America passed away on the Dick Cavett
show in 1971 there really ahead of this
although technically not a performance
he had just finished his interview and
was sitting to one side while another
interviewee columnist Pete Hamill spoke
to the show’s host during row Dale’s
earlier section the health enthusiast
had been discussing the benefits of a
natural diet and lifestyle reportedly
equipping that he had quote decided to
live to a hundred and that he’d quote
never felt better
just a few minutes later he suffered a
heart attack and was dead at 72 in those
days I said oh your heart doesn’t sound
right they didn’t know number seven
Leslie les Harvey
as guitarist for the 70s blues rock
group stone the crows les Harvey’s
career was just taking off when he died
on stage at a show in Swansea Wales
stone the crows who are managed by Led
Zeppelin’s Peter Grant were fresh off of
their third album teenage licks when
Harvey was doing a sound check before a
gig in May 1972 on a rain-soaked stage
harvey touched what turned out to be an
ungrounded microphone and was
electrocuted on the spot the band never
truly recovered although a fourth album
was released and harvey is forever
listed as part of the famous 27 club
number six Victor Vic Morrow lay help me
please the American actor Vic Morrow was
killed with two child actors Micah din
Lee and Rene shin yi chen while shooting
a scene for 1983’s Twilight Zone the
movie the trio died when pyrotechnics
caused a low-flying helicopter to crash
on top of them and Morrow was
decapitated by the rotor the incident
brought unprecedented legal action
against the film crew as director of the
sequence John Landis and others were
tried on charges of manslaughter but
acquitted it also resulted in stronger
safer film safety standards finally
being introduced look Sarge and I had
stripes doing I didn’t get him for
nothing but you didn’t lose him for
nothing either number 5 Brandon Lee as
the son of martial arts legend Bruce Lee
Brandon Lee was busy following in his
father’s footsteps when a freak onset
accident took his life in 1993 by heart
try again
victims aren’t we all while filming the
last scenes of the Alex Proyas movie The
Crow Lee was unintentionally shot by a
faulty prop 44 Magnum after an
improperly deactivated cartridge became
lodged in the barrel
he shot one boy fellow actor michael
massey unknowingly fired the shot during
a scene in which Lee’s character walks
in on his fiancee being beaten by thugs
the movie which was days from completion
when tragedy struck was finished with
the support of Lee’s family and with
chats to hell ski stepping in as Lee’s
double s it’s not a good day to be a bad
guy skank number four Owen Hart he came
down very quickly and and that’s what
caught my eye professional wrestlers
face risks every time they enter the
ring Owen Hart was one of the WWF’s top
talents heading into over the edge a
pay-per-view event on May 23rd 1999 weak
link yet we know it’s Owen Hart he
thinks he’s a superhero Hart performing
as the blue blazer at the time was being
lowered into the ring superhero style
when a quick release mechanism
malfunctioned and he fell 78 feet
landing chest first on the top rope
I mean WWE need a superhero like a blue
blazer several attempts were made to
revive him but he was killed by blunt
force trauma controversially the show
continued although the actual incident
was not aired I actually know firsthand
from the wrestlers involved that they
wield my dead brother past great pass
all the wrestlers and actually pushed
wrestlers out the door and said go go go
while Owen received treatment
it was commentator Jim Ross who had the
unenviable task of assuring viewers at
home that Hart’s incident was not an act
this was not a store a part of the
storyline this was a terribly terribly
tragic situation number 3 Tommy Cooper I
said to the shoddiest waitress a lot
this chair got his code
he’s what Sugar’s but then chewy as one
of Britain’s best loved and respected
comedians and mature
Shen’s Tommy Cooper was an icon of his
time you’re thinking of crazier with an
eye what he’s coming on he got two eyes
known for his red Fez and his just like
that tagline he was a gifted showman but
just like that he was gone
farewell millions of TV viewers watched
in April 1984 when Cooper collapsed
midway through his act on the variety
show live from Her Majesty’s given his
penchant for slapstick the audience
roared with laughter thinking Cooper’s
very real heart attack was all part of
the show but as those backstage realized
what had happened the curtain was drawn
on Tommy one last time he really was one
of the funniest men in the business and
to this day we all still miss him very
very much number two Steve Irwin Obree
an Australian treasure and an
international star Steve Irwin boldly
went where most wouldn’t dare to bring
the world’s most dangerous animals to
our TV screens known as the Crocodile
Hunter
he got up close and personal with Crocs
dragons lizards snakes sharks pretty
much everything but Steve’s last subject
was a six and a half foot stingray which
he was filming just off the coast of
Port Douglas Queensland this one was
extraordinary large it was eight foot
wide massive bull ride the animal
unexpectedly turned on Irwin during the
shot and stabbed its barb wildly into
his chest
Irwin initially suspected a punctured
lung but the attack had pierced his
heart and he died of blood loss before
the crew could return to land was sang
doing things like think of you kids
Steve hang on hang on hang on he just
sort of calmly looked up at me and said
I’m dying and that was a lot seasick
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions will
Oh
my heart said
dear to keep love
is it a tight feeling across the chest
yeah hanging in the back of left
shoulder yeah no dizziness kind of sick
to your stomach yes I guess you have in
number 16 then come on out number one
Dimebag Darrell
we’ve seen sudden deaths accidental
deaths and accidental killings but
Dimebag Darrell was murdered while
performing
Damageplan was just moments into their
set
when ex-marine Nathan Gale shot Darrell
Abbott three times in the head with a
nine-millimeter pistol before killing
four more people and taking a hostage
the carnage only ended when a police
officer came from backstage and shot
Gayle dead theories on Gail’s motive
include anger at how dime bags former
band Pantera had broken up and claims
that Pantera had stolen some of Gail’s
songs however police never officially
recognized a reason for dime bags
senseless killing do you agree with our
list whose death did we miss I know
since it happened there’s never been a
day that I don’t think about them for
more tragic top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
those goosebumps come up at times we’re
all perform and I feel like it’s him
just give me a pat on the back saying
good job
you
and were loved for welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 famous
people who tragically died while
performing 200 people saw willin to fall
many rushed to help but it was too late
for this list we’ve looked at well-known
personalities who unfortunately passed
away while doing what made them famous
or because of an accident or problem
suffered during their performance I
thought that state would wouldn’t like
out didn’t expect them to die yeah just
keep on filming and ill be all right
we’ll be excluding famed escape ologist
Harry Houdini as his death has been
linked to a backstage assault with the
consequences only setting in once he was
onstage number 10 John Eric hexam you’ll
be coming with us McCarver thanks but I
already have a date well you know
understand look John Eric hexam was just
26 when he died fooling around on the
set of the CBS TV series cover up I
don’t know I think I’d be interested in
being am I’m on oh yeah an actor and
model with a promising career ahead
hexon decided to play Russian roulette
in between takes with a gun used in a
previous scene which was loaded with
blanks
you should know you could be a little
bit of danger the actor was unaware that
firing blanks at close range could have
disastrous effects put the gun to his
temple pulled the trigger fractured his
skull and caused massive hemorrhaging
now uh unless you are the murderer I’d
appreciate it if you’d uh put the gun
down he was declared brain dead after
six days of surgery and his mother gave
permission to switch off life support
and donated hexam’s organs the series
paid tribute to the fallen actor in the
following episode John Eric Dixon died
in October of this year
but the lives he touched will continue
to be frightened by his light forever
number nine Karl Wallenda the idea was
to promote a circus act he was
performing with his granddaughter so a
high wire walk across the street from
one beachfront hotel to another a high
wire artist and founder of the
internationally acclaimed daredevil
group The Flying Wallendas Karl Wallenda
certainly lived life on the edge the
mind behind a hair-raising human pyramid
in which seven acrobats formed three
tiers and cycled across a wire malenda
made one walk to many in 1978 the
patriarch of the great Wallendas was
best known for the creation of their
three level human pyramid it was also
their most dangerous act the then 73
year old fell ten stories during a stunt
between the two towers of the condado
Plaza Hotel in San Juan Puerto Rico
while Linda had famously described being
on the wire as life and the rest is
waiting like Papa will unto said life is
on the wire the rest is just waiting but
it was a balancing act that eventually
horribly proved the death of him because
the rigging was rigged improperly under
his feet number 8 ji Rodale Jerome
Irving ROH Dale’s death came with
particularly dark irony the writer
magazine editor and health food guru for
America passed away on the Dick Cavett
show in 1971 there really ahead of this
although technically not a performance
he had just finished his interview and
was sitting to one side while another
interviewee columnist Pete Hamill spoke
to the show’s host during row Dale’s
earlier section the health enthusiast
had been discussing the benefits of a
natural diet and lifestyle reportedly
equipping that he had quote decided to
live to a hundred and that he’d quote
never felt better
just a few minutes later he suffered a
heart attack and was dead at 72 in those
days I said oh your heart doesn’t sound
right they didn’t know number seven
Leslie les Harvey
as guitarist for the 70s blues rock
group stone the crows les Harvey’s
career was just taking off when he died
on stage at a show in Swansea Wales
stone the crows who are managed by Led
Zeppelin’s Peter Grant were fresh off of
their third album teenage licks when
Harvey was doing a sound check before a
gig in May 1972 on a rain-soaked stage
harvey touched what turned out to be an
ungrounded microphone and was
electrocuted on the spot the band never
truly recovered although a fourth album
was released and harvey is forever
listed as part of the famous 27 club
number six Victor Vic Morrow lay help me
please the American actor Vic Morrow was
killed with two child actors Micah din
Lee and Rene shin yi chen while shooting
a scene for 1983’s Twilight Zone the
movie the trio died when pyrotechnics
caused a low-flying helicopter to crash
on top of them and Morrow was
decapitated by the rotor the incident
brought unprecedented legal action
against the film crew as director of the
sequence John Landis and others were
tried on charges of manslaughter but
acquitted it also resulted in stronger
safer film safety standards finally
being introduced look Sarge and I had
stripes doing I didn’t get him for
nothing but you didn’t lose him for
nothing either number 5 Brandon Lee as
the son of martial arts legend Bruce Lee
Brandon Lee was busy following in his
father’s footsteps when a freak onset
accident took his life in 1993 by heart
try again
victims aren’t we all while filming the
last scenes of the Alex Proyas movie The
Crow Lee was unintentionally shot by a
faulty prop 44 Magnum after an
improperly deactivated cartridge became
lodged in the barrel
he shot one boy fellow actor michael
massey unknowingly fired the shot during
a scene in which Lee’s character walks
in on his fiancee being beaten by thugs
the movie which was days from completion
when tragedy struck was finished with
the support of Lee’s family and with
chats to hell ski stepping in as Lee’s
double s it’s not a good day to be a bad
guy skank number four Owen Hart he came
down very quickly and and that’s what
caught my eye professional wrestlers
face risks every time they enter the
ring Owen Hart was one of the WWF’s top
talents heading into over the edge a
pay-per-view event on May 23rd 1999 weak
link yet we know it’s Owen Hart he
thinks he’s a superhero Hart performing
as the blue blazer at the time was being
lowered into the ring superhero style
when a quick release mechanism
malfunctioned and he fell 78 feet
landing chest first on the top rope
I mean WWE need a superhero like a blue
blazer several attempts were made to
revive him but he was killed by blunt
force trauma controversially the show
continued although the actual incident
was not aired I actually know firsthand
from the wrestlers involved that they
wield my dead brother past great pass
all the wrestlers and actually pushed
wrestlers out the door and said go go go
while Owen received treatment
it was commentator Jim Ross who had the
unenviable task of assuring viewers at
home that Hart’s incident was not an act
this was not a store a part of the
storyline this was a terribly terribly
tragic situation number 3 Tommy Cooper I
said to the shoddiest waitress a lot
this chair got his code
he’s what Sugar’s but then chewy as one
of Britain’s best loved and respected
comedians and mature
Shen’s Tommy Cooper was an icon of his
time you’re thinking of crazier with an
eye what he’s coming on he got two eyes
known for his red Fez and his just like
that tagline he was a gifted showman but
just like that he was gone
farewell millions of TV viewers watched
in April 1984 when Cooper collapsed
midway through his act on the variety
show live from Her Majesty’s given his
penchant for slapstick the audience
roared with laughter thinking Cooper’s
very real heart attack was all part of
the show but as those backstage realized
what had happened the curtain was drawn
on Tommy one last time he really was one
of the funniest men in the business and
to this day we all still miss him very
very much number two Steve Irwin Obree
an Australian treasure and an
international star Steve Irwin boldly
went where most wouldn’t dare to bring
the world’s most dangerous animals to
our TV screens known as the Crocodile
Hunter
he got up close and personal with Crocs
dragons lizards snakes sharks pretty
much everything but Steve’s last subject
was a six and a half foot stingray which
he was filming just off the coast of
Port Douglas Queensland this one was
extraordinary large it was eight foot
wide massive bull ride the animal
unexpectedly turned on Irwin during the
shot and stabbed its barb wildly into
his chest
Irwin initially suspected a punctured
lung but the attack had pierced his
heart and he died of blood loss before
the crew could return to land was sang
doing things like think of you kids
Steve hang on hang on hang on he just
sort of calmly looked up at me and said
I’m dying and that was a lot seasick
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions will
Oh
my heart said
dear to keep love
is it a tight feeling across the chest
yeah hanging in the back of left
shoulder yeah no dizziness kind of sick
to your stomach yes I guess you have in
number 16 then come on out number one
Dimebag Darrell
we’ve seen sudden deaths accidental
deaths and accidental killings but
Dimebag Darrell was murdered while
performing
Damageplan was just moments into their
set
when ex-marine Nathan Gale shot Darrell
Abbott three times in the head with a
nine-millimeter pistol before killing
four more people and taking a hostage
the carnage only ended when a police
officer came from backstage and shot
Gayle dead theories on Gail’s motive
include anger at how dime bags former
band Pantera had broken up and claims
that Pantera had stolen some of Gail’s
songs however police never officially
recognized a reason for dime bags
senseless killing do you agree with our
list whose death did we miss I know
since it happened there’s never been a
day that I don’t think about them for
more tragic top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
those goosebumps come up at times we’re
all perform and I feel like it’s him
just give me a pat on the back saying
good job
you
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