Twilight Zone deaths 24 years ago today

[Golden Monkey]

On July 23, 1982,

http://www.crimelibrary.com/graphics/photos/notorious_murders/not_guilty/twilight_zone/2a.jpg

Vic Morrow died on the set of Twilight Zone: The Movie while holding two small children Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen.

http://www.crimelibrary.com/graphics/photos/notorious_murders/not_guilty/twilight_zone/6a.jpg

Renee and My-ca

A helicopter being used on the set spun out of control and crashed, decapitating him and one of the children with its blades. The remaining child was crushed to death as the helicopter crashed. Everyone inside the helicopter was unharmed. The accident led to massive reforms in U.S. child labor laws and safety regulations on movie sets in California.

Here's the crash. It's violent but no images of the actual death:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=civNBWBtSGs&search=vic%20morrow


http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/not_guilty/twilight_zone/1.html

Out of the Twilight Zone

[younggiftedandblack]

I remember that it was wild. Rumor has it that Speilberg himself was on the set that night. John Landis the director really hasn't been the same every since.