Crushed by their own car or having a heart attack during a mineral bath that was too hot were some of the unexpected circumstances in which legendary screen figures died
Paul Walker
It was the tragedy of a star that shocked the world. The American actor, model, racing driver, and marine biologist, known for his role as Brian O'Conner in the action film The Fast and the Furious, died just at the hands of the speed and eccentric vehicles that brought him international fame.
The irony of this case is so great that to date the various theories about what could have happened remain controversial among fans of the Hollywood blockbuster saga, because on Saturday, November 30, 2013, in California, after colliding his vehicle and that this caught fire because of the great excess of speed, he lost his life.
Being a racing driver in his character and basing his entire professional life just on speed and underground racing, that day he was not the one who took the wheel that ended his life. After colliding his red Porsche Carrera GT against an electrical pole and a tree, when he went off in a curve, causing his vehicle, driving at that time by his friend and partner Roger Rodas, with him as co-driver, to be consumed by flames in In a short time it was all over.
As a curious fact, the color red in vehicles has been popularly associated with death and accidents, since a large number of reported cases of this type of mishap and tragic deaths have occurred in cars and motorcycles with this color range.
Jayne Mansfield
The first female case on this list stars an American actress, singer, and model, who was considered one of the main S symbols of the late 50s: Jayne Mansfield. She starred in popular Hollywood movies that always emphasized her platinum hair, her opulent figure, and her prominent bust, being part of a popular image that is currently part of a very common meme on social networks - where Sophia Loren looks at her with envy while she smiles.
On the night of June 29, 1967, when the car in which she was traveling with the back of a truck trailer crashed on a highway in the state of Louisiana, the popular interpreter lost her life at only 34 years of age. Public information confirmed that she was accompanied by her driver, by her last apparent lover -lawyer Sam Brody-, and by three of her children. Incredibly, the three adults, who were traveling in the front seat, died instantly, but instead, the children, in the back seat, only suffered minor injuries and injuries.
Anton Yelchin
The popular Russian-American film and television actor, known for playing Pavel Chekov in the Star Trek reboot film series, had one of the most absurd accident deaths on this list, as he was crushed to death by his own car. he.
On the morning of June 19, 2016, Yelchin was found by friends trapped between his car and a brick pillar outside his Studio City, California home in what was described as a "freak accident.". The actor apparently got out of his car and as he headed for his driveway, he rolled backward and pinned him against a pillar and a security fence, CNN reported.
He was pronounced dead later that day at the age of 27. The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office identified the cause of death as "blunt traumatic asphyxia."
