US actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded the director Joel Souza on a film set in New Mexico. The tragic accident is not the first in history. Many such freakish accidents have occurred in the past
American actor Brandon Lee suffered something same to Hutchins, being the victim of a shot to the stomach on the set of the movie "The Crow" in 1993 by a gun that should have fired a blank. Brandon was killed at 38.
The stunt technician Conway Wickliffe was on the set of the movie “The Dark Knight” when he was riding in a Nissan 4 X 4, which lost control and crashed into a tree. The brutal accident killed Conway.
Australian zookeeper Steve Irwin died while shooting the documentary “The Crocodile Hunter: Ocean’s Deadliest. The cameraman of the documentary Justin Lyons witnessed his death.
American stand-up comedian Redd Foxx died of a massive heart attack. The comedian was filming on the sets of the sitcom “Royal Family” in 1991.
Stuntman Kun Liu, from the movie “The Expendables 2” was killed while stunting on an inflatable boat in dam in Bulgaria on October 27, 2011. While doing the stunts, he got killed in one of the explosions.
In 2017, 'Deadpool 2" crew member died in a motorcycle stunt on August 15, 2017.
Jon-Erik Hexum died of a self-inflicted gunshot that led to the injury on the head in 1984 while shooting a television show. The actor was 26.