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Added on: 25th Oct 2014

 

TYRONE POWER

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Hollywood icon Tyrone Power was filming the epic

"Solomon and Sheba" when he suffered a massive

heart attack on set during a fencing scene.

Power died on route to the hospital on March 15, 1958.

 

 

MICHAEL CONRAD

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The Emmy-winning actor of "Hill Street Blues"

died from urethral cancer on November 22, 1983,

during the show's fourth season.

 

 

JIM DAVIS

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Playing Jock Ewing, the patriarch of the

Ewing family on "Dallas," Jim Davis appeared

in 75 episodes during the show's first three seasons.

Davis died of a brain tumour on April 26, 1981,

while season three was still on the air.

His character later "died” in a helicopter crash

on an episode that aired in January 1982.

 

 

HEATHER O'ROURKE

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Before post-production was completed on

"Poltergeist III," the horror trilogy's child star

Heather O'Rourke died on February 1, 1988,

from a cardiac arrest caused by septic shock

brought on by the intestinal stenosis.

 

 

NICHOLAS COLASANTO

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John Colasanto died of a heart ailment on

February 12, 1985 while co-starring as "Coach"

on the hit NBC series "Cheers."

Colasanto's last episode was titled

“Cheerio, Cheers.”

 

 

JON-ERIK HEXUM

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During a break from filming an episode of the TV show

"Cover Up," Jon-Erik Hexum shot himself in the head

with a .44 magnum handgun loaded with a blank round.

The actor died six days later on October 18, 1984,

his death was ruled accidental.

 

 

OWEN HART

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WWF wrestler Owen Hart passed away on May 23, 1999,

during an Over the Edge a pay-per-view event.

Hart was performing a stunt involving a safety harness

that failed, causing the Canadian wrestler to fall 78 feet,

bouncing chest first off the top rope.

 

 

OLIVER REED

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British actor Oliver Reed died in a Malta pub on May 2, 1999,

during production of Ridley Scott's Oscar-winning epic

"Gladiator." Reed suffered a heart attack and died after

reportedly consuming toxic amounts of alcohol.

His film scenes were later completed with the help of

CGI techniques and body doubles.

 


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