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The following is a list of television performers who died during production of the television show in which they were appearing. In many cases, a show will handle the death of an actor by killing off their character or otherwise writing them out of the show. In other cases, the show may recast the part with another actor.
18 March: Former Boston drummer Sib Hashian died after collapsing during a performance on the Legends of Rock cruise. [67] 1 May: Guitarist and jam band performer Colonel Bruce Hampton collapsed and died of a heart attack during a jam at an all-star concert held in honor of his 70th birthday at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia. [68]
In the history of film and television, accidents have occurred during shooting, such as cast or crew fatalities or serious accidents that plagued production.From 1980 to 1990, there were 37 deaths relating to accidents during stunts; 24 of these deaths involved the use of helicopters. [1]
Netflix and British producer RedRum halted production on its comics-based TV series "The Chosen One" after two actors were killed and six other members of the cast and crew were injured, according ...
Peter Werner, award-winning director of episodes of several popular television shows, died unexpectedly on March 21, 2023. He was 76. He was 76. According to Deadline , he died of cardiac ...
Jerry Springer, the politican-turned-television-presenter whose lurid chat show became by a decades-long byword for exploitative, trashy television, died at home in Chicago on 27 April, aged 79.
This was the second of four instances where the start of the television season was delayed due to issues outside of the control of the major television networks; the other instances were the 1988–89 season (as a result of the 1988 Writers Guild of America strike) the 2020–21 season (due to television production being halted as a result of ...
American actor (TV work includes guest spots on The Jack Benny Program, The Johnny Cash Show, Tales from the Crypt, The Simpsons, Touched by an Angel, and Saturday Night Live; and the television films Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1973), Victory at Entebbe, Mousey, Draw!, Amos, Queenie, The Secret, Take Me Home Again, and Empire State Building Murders)