Stewart Robert "Bob" Einstein (November 20, 1942 – January 2, 2019)
(Variety) –Bob Einstein, an offbeat comedian and writer whose career stretched from “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” to “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” has died.
Einstein died Wednesday in Indian Wells, Calif. He had been recently diagnosed with cancer.
Bob Einstein, aka Super Dave Osborne, The World’s Greatest Daredevil Stuntman.
Harry Houdini(Erik Weisz/Harry Weiss) (March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926)
Houdini was a magician and escape artist whose most difficult stunt entailed escaping from handcuffs that took a locksmith five years to build.
In his youth, he took a job as a trapeze artist under the name Ehrich, the Prince of the Air, and was a successful cross-country runner. Houdini made several movies, but quit acting when it failed to bring in money. He was also was an accomplished aviator (below), and aimed to become the first man to fly a plane in Australia.
Hal Brett Needham(March 6, 1931 – October 25, 2013)
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Hal Needham, a top Hollywood stuntman who turned to directing rousing action films including "Smokey and the Bandit" (1977) and "The Cannonball Run” (1981).
His business managers tell the Los Angeles Times that Needham died on Friday in Los Angeles.
A former paratrooper, Needham was a billboard model for Viceroy Cigarettes while beginning a career in Hollywood as a motion picture stuntman. He had appeared in thousands of TV episodes and hundreds of movies, performing and designing stunts and new equipment to execute them.
Jennifer Jason Leigh (born Jennifer Leigh Morrow) is the daughter of actor Vic Morrow and screenwriter Barbara Turner. Her father died in 1982 when a stunt helicopter crashed on him during the filming of Twilight Zone: The Movie. Leigh changed her surname early in her acting career, taking the meddle name of “Jason” in honor of a family friend, actor Jason Robards. Jennifer is best known for her role in Fast Times at Ridgemont High ( 1982).
Vic Morrow
Jennifer Jason Leigh as seen in Fast Times at Ridgemont High