Vic Morrow
Vic Morrow, My-Ca Dinh Le, and Renee Shin-Yi Chen were shooting a scene for the Vietnam sequence of Twilight Zone: The Movie. They were running from a pursuing helicopter. The helicopter was flying at a low level when pyrotechnic explosions caused the helicopter to lose control and crash on top of the three.[2] Morrow and Le were both decapitated by the blades; Chen was fatally crushed underneath the helicopter's landing skid. The helicopter crew received minor injuries. Due in part to the deaths of Morrow, Le, and Chen, the children's illegal hiring to circumvent child labor laws, and the nighttime schedule during which the children were worked without supervision, child labor laws were reformed, as were safety regulations on movie sets in the state of California. Litigation over the deaths lasted well over a decade. Director John Landis and other defendants, which included producer Steven Spielberg and pilot Dorsey Wingo, were ultimately acquitted of involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment. The parents of My-Ca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen sued and settled out of court for $2 million each. Vic Morrow's children, Carrie Morrow and actress Jennifer Jason Leigh, also sued and likewise settled for an undisclosed amount.
Morrow is interred in Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California.
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References
- ^ http://www.jodavidsmeyer.com/combat/personnel/morrow_BIO.html
- ^ Ventura County Coroner Department autopsy reports
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External links
- Vic Morrow at the Internet Movie Database
- Filmography
- Twilight Zone Tragedy at crimelibrary.com
- Find A Death - Vic Morrow
- Article on Twilight Zone tragedy, written by friend and COMBAT! co-star Dick 'Little John' Peabody
- Sculptural Tribute to Actor Vic Morrow
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