On July 23, 1982, Vic Morrow and two child actors, Renee
Shinn Chen and Myca Dinh Le (above),were killed in an
accident involving a helicopter during filming on the
California set of Twilight Zone: The Movie.        


       
Morrow, age 53, and the children, ages six and seven, were 
in a Vietnam War battle scene in which they were supposed
to be running from a pursuing helicopter.

The accident took place on the film’s last scheduled day of
shooting.

Twilight Zone co-director John Landis (below) and four        
other men working on the film, including the special-
effects coordinator and the helicopter pilot, were charged
with involuntary manslaughter.    
  
Twilight Zone: The Movie was released in the summer of
1983.        
        
         
        
        
        
         
        
       

The families of the three victims filed lawsuits against Landis,
Warner Brothers and Twilight Zone co-director and producer
Steven Spielberg that were settled for undisclosed amounts.

Child actors Renee Shinn Chen and Myca Dinh Le.

According to a 1987 New York Times report, it was the first time a film director faced criminal charges for events that occurred while making a movie. During the subsequent trial, the defense maintained the crash was an accident that could not have been predicted while the prosecution claimed Landis and his crew had been reckless and violated laws regarding child actors, including regulations about their working conditions and hours.

1988

Corey Scott Feldman is a actor, activist, and musician. As a
youth, he became well known for his roles in popular 1980s
films such as Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984),
Gremlins (1984), The Goonies (1985) and Stand by Me
(1986). He was born in Los Angeles, California.

From left: Richard Nixon, Shirley Temple Black, and George
H. W. Bush.

On February 10, 2014, Shirley Temple Black, who as a child in
the 1930s became one of Hollywood’s most successful stars,
died at her Woodside, California, home at age 85.

The plucky, curly-haired performer sang, danced and acted in
dozens of films by the time she was a teen; as an adult, she
gave up making movies and served as a U.S. diplomat.

Born on April 23, 1928, in Santa Monica, California, Temple
began taking dance lessons when she was three. In 1932,
she was discovered by an agent and cast in a series of
short films called Baby Burlesks.

In 1999, Shirley Temple was named one of the 50 greatest
screen legends by the American Film Institute.

On February 10, 2014, Shirley Temple Black, who as a child in the
1930s became one of Hollywood’s most successful stars, died at
her Woodside, California, home at age 85.

The plucky, curly-haired performer sang, danced and acted in
dozens of films by the time she was a teen; as an adult, she
gave up making movies and served as a U.S. diplomat
under four presidents.

1935

1939

Judy Garland (Frances Ethel Gumm)
(June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969)

Judy Garland was a actress, singer, and dancer.  she received
a Golden Globe Award, a Special Tony Award and was one of
twelve in history to receive an Academy Juvenile Award.

Garland won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for her
1961 live recording, Judy at Carnegie Hall; she was the first
woman to win that award.

Throughout her career she recorded, her signature song, and
the Christmas classic "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas."

Garland’s birthplace in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, is now a museum dedicated to her life and career.