In 1984 - just two years after the “Twilight Zone” carnage - Jon-Erik Hexum, 26, fatally shot himself in the head with a gun loaded with a blank on the set of television series “Cover Up.” Vic Morrow was one of three people killed in the “Twilight Zone” accident. They included stricter child actor laws and harsher penalties for violations of safety procedures.īut they failed to end fatalities on movie sets, including some that were eerily similar to Baldwin’s on Thursday, when he was reportedly handed a prop gun that had a live round in the chamber. The production team was also later found responsible for several labor violations, prompting the introduction of sweeping new safety standards in the industry. However, the families of the two children killed on the set later settled a $200 million lawsuit they filed against the defendants, Warner Bros., Burbank Studios and Spielberg, among others, the Associated Press reported in 1987. Bettmann Archiveĭirector John Landis and four co-defendants - including special effects coordinator Paul Stewart - were charged, but eventually found innocent of involuntary manslaughter following a 10-month criminal trial. The 1982 accident involved a simulated mortar explosion that detonated too early, hitting the chopper’s rotor blades and forcing it to spin out of control. I should’ve asked for a double,” Peabody wrote of Morrow, who was holding the two kids who died alongside him, Renee Shin-Yi Chen and Myca Dinh Le. Morrow’s “Combat!” co-star Dick Peabody later insisted that his pal’s last words had been about his fears over the stunt. Six others were also injured in the 1982 stunt, which involved a simulated mortar explosion that detonated too early, hitting the chopper’s rotor blades and forcing it to spin out of control before falling on the actors. The fatal shooting Thursday by Baldwin came nearly 40 years after Tinseltown’s deadliest film-set tragedy, in which actor Vic Morrow and two child actors, ages 6 and 7, were crushed by a helicopter while making the “Twilight Zone” flick, which was produced by Steven Spielberg. Woody Allen tells Alec Baldwin he’s done directing: ‘The thrill is gone’Īlec Baldwin’s deadly filmmaking accident is reminding fans of an infamous fatal incident on the set of “Twilight Zone: The Movie” that led to criminal charges and sweeping changes in Hollywood.
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