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Actors That Have Died Before Their Movie Was Released

nydailynews.com — Heath Ledger, whose performance as as the Joker in the summer blockbuster "The Dark Knight" earned rave reviews, died months before the film hit theaters. He is hardly the first movie star to die before release of a final film. But there were more...

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  • AzzidReign, on 07/21/2008, -13/+4Http/1.1 Service Unavailable...and the site hasn't even been hit by the digg effect yet.
    • Charlotte_Web, on 07/22/2008, -0/+6Servers That Have Died Before The Digg Effect Hit?
  • drmobutu, on 07/21/2008, -14/+7Dieing young has always been a great career move for actors and musicians...as well as their agents...
    • nattybumppo187, on 07/22/2008, -0/+3dying*
      • Treoinmypocket, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1I dugg you up for your nic - which I'd bet almost no one on Digg gets without checking wikipedia or "googling" it.

        Shipman and Leffingwell salute you.
  • Chaotix, on 07/21/2008, -1/+15buried. lotsa inaccurate info there.
    • TheThirdLevel, on 07/22/2008, -7/+4True. Bruce Lee didn't die, he kicked death in the balls and took over its spot and faded from public eye.
    • josephbloseph, on 07/22/2008, -2/+0it is disgusting how the article has been edited since, to remove some of the inaccuracies. There should be some mention of that edit, other than the gray 'updated' line.
    • daRoach, on 07/22/2008, -0/+3Also what about Vic Morrow? Accidentally killed by a helicopter on the set filming The Twilight Zone Movie.
  • alpharaptor, on 07/21/2008, -2/+22raul julia?
    • NeoCortex, on 07/22/2008, -1/+8Van Damme's career?
    • BinaryDelt, on 07/22/2008, -1/+6Out of respect for Mr. Julia, I recommend we refrain from any "Street Fighter II" talk. Considering its awfulness was probably the cause for his death and all.
      • MRintheKeys, on 07/22/2008, -1/+1It's true. Street Fighter did kill Raul Julia.
      • ManicMyna, on 07/22/2008, -1/+1he propabably topped himself anyways rather than let SFII kill his acting career
      • NeoCortex, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1You're right. It certainly wasn't the classic that "Overdrawn at the Memory Bank" ended up being.
      • Cenobite, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1Though Street Fighter sucked hard, Raul Julia's performance was great and loads of fun to watch, and it's clear he had a lot of fun playing General Bison.

        I'm not ashamed to admit that I actually catch Street Fighter whenever it's on TV just to savour Mr. Julia's performance (and Ming-Na Wen is easy on the eyes - particularly in a Chun Li costume!)
  • cusoman, on 07/22/2008, -1/+41So apparently any chump can write a list now and get it to the front page of Digg. Standards? What standards?
  • trying2hide, on 07/22/2008, -3/+4Also noteworthy is that River Phoenix was set to film Interview with a Vampire. Christian Slater took his place. I'd say that if you are going to star in an Ann Rice novel being put on film? You should make sure the life insurance is up to date
    • mk3k, on 07/22/2008, -4/+1Ann Rice has written some decent books but non of them have been good films.
    • mojoel, on 07/22/2008, -0/+2Yeah, maybe so. Aliyah and River Phoenix both died before their respective movies came out. You might be onto something...
  • dthebear, on 07/22/2008, -9/+0digg for: my respect for ledger's intense performance as the joker, not for the list
    • thedogfatherx, on 07/22/2008, -0/+5I think you should worship him. Sacrifice a small child for him.
      • WELLDOITLIVE, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1Also, involve a goat.
      • dthebear, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1dont be a hater, i dont give a ***** about any celeberties.
        but good performance is good performance
      • DaHuuuuuudge, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1Digging a ***** article won't make Heath Ledger happy.
  • liuite, on 07/22/2008, -2/+18buried. Bruce's unfinished film was "Game of Death".
    His son Brandon also died before finishing "The Crow"
    • HumanRecalled, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1While in the middle of filming The Game of Death, Bruce Lee was given the offer to star in Enter the Dragon. The first kung fu film to be produced by a Hollywood studio, and with a budget unprecedented for the genre, it was an offer Lee couldn't refuse. Unfortunately, Lee died of cerebral edema before the film's release. At the time of his death, he had already made plans to resume the filming of The Game of Death.
  • mikerad86, on 07/22/2008, -11/+16If only Whoopie Goldberg were on that list...
    • thebza451, on 07/22/2008, -4/+5i wish i could digg you up more than once :(
  • casenumber17421, on 07/22/2008, -6/+3was it really necessary to call chris farley "pudgy"?
    • merwin, on 07/22/2008, -0/+15You're right. He was fat, not pudgy.
      • somedirtbag, on 07/22/2008, -0/+6"He's not fat, he's fluffy."

        For those of you who don't know, there are five (5) levels of fatness: Big, healthy, husky, fluffy and DAAAAMN.
      • Treoinmypocket, on 07/22/2008, -0/+3somedirtbag beat me to it. Farley was definitely approaching "DAAAAMN"
      • WELLDOITLIVE, on 07/22/2008, -0/+2Gabriel Iglesias ftw
  • thedogfatherx, on 07/22/2008, -14/+5***** A! Another story with Heath Ledger and dark night in the description. *****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
    • Onyxblaze, on 07/22/2008, -2/+1You misused the phrase "***** A", by the way. It means ***** affirmative, or ***** awesome. nice try though.
  • Landlocked, on 07/22/2008, -6/+6Is Corey Feldman still alive? I know he walks the Earth - but is he like breathing and stuff?
    • dslartoo, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1Breathing and married to a hottie who apparently puts up with all of his *****, annoyingly enough. She's in this month's issue of Playboy.
  • twoyups, on 07/22/2008, -5/+1That was...depressing
  • Hockey13, on 07/22/2008, -4/+29Am I the only one who's sick of seeing TDK-related news on the front page? We get it, Heath Ledger acted really well and then died. Other people die and act well too. There are other stories out there.
    • axis, on 07/22/2008, -2/+1Burry it then. Doesn't Digg have filters? Set one up for that too.
    • robEstyles, on 07/22/2008, -2/+0"Other people die and act well too."

      Well isnt that exactly what this is about
    • lroche, on 07/22/2008, -1/+3I just bury anything TDK related. I looked at this one as it was not specifically about TDK.
  • BradOFarrell, on 07/22/2008, -7/+0But The Joker and The Crow are the only cases of these actors playing creepy morbid roles. And The Joker is way cooler than The Crow. I predict a popular halloween costume. "No one else is allowed to dress like The Joker."
    • InfinitySnatch, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1Try harder. Try again.
      • Cyrock, on 07/22/2008, -1/+2A WHOLE JOLLY CREW! WITH JOLLY PIRATE NICKNAMES!
  • cbeach, on 07/22/2008, -0/+6Buried for nonsensical sentence in story summary. Let's encourage some standards round here.
  • kylerg, on 07/22/2008, -3/+1What about Raul Julia and Street Fighter?
  • Jhiaxuz, on 07/22/2008, -0/+7Oh come off it. Really, I don't even have to read this story or description to know Heath Ledger "inspired" it. ***** off and let the man rest, let the movie make millions and stop flooding Digg with more of the same *****.
  • Broomie, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1Lenny LcLean (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0572597/) who played Barry the Baptist in Lock, Stock died a month before it's UK release. I was expecting to see that on the list somewhere.
  • boot20, on 07/22/2008, -1/+5What? Why not Bela Lugosi? He died in the middle of filming Plan 9 from Outer Space.
  • Depravo, on 07/22/2008, -8/+2HEATH LEDGER BANDWAGON ARTICLE ALERT!!!

    The only discussion that kangaroo-shagging boor warrants is whether we should refer to him as 'Death Ledger' or 'Heath Deadger'.
  • Arghblarg, on 07/22/2008, -6/+4For criminy's sake -- can we just STOP with the Heath/Joker/Dark Knight stores on this frigging site? As of this moment I am burying any story that is even peripherally connected to this frigging movie or its actors. Yeah, we get it, some people really like this movie. Please join me in this effort if you even partially agree.
    • o5rob5o, on 07/22/2008, -4/+1But did you see the movie it was great.

      It was an awesome ground breaking performance to which everyone should see Ledgers last cinematic role.

      If you want you can email me and I can point you in the correct directions for some awesome reviews and theories behind the movie.

      • veganvelma, on 07/22/2008, -0/+2It's not his last role.
        The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus comes out next year.
    • lroche, on 07/22/2008, -1/+1Agreed. I plan on seeing it when the crowds and hype dies down a bit. Frankly all the "its the best movie ever" stuff is getting a little annoying. I know its probably a great movie but can we all just lay off the hype a little.
  • jedcred, on 07/22/2008, -0/+3Somewhat insensitive and morbid, wouldn't you say? "Dropped dead" for John Candy? Do only fat people "drop dead?"

    Why are we talking about this anyway? People do eventually die at some point in their lives, and some before or after notable events in said lives. Does it make their lives worth more or less somehow?
  • xeroinsanity, on 07/22/2008, -2/+1Here's another similar article....

    http://digg.com/movies/Posthumous_Films_Movies_rel ...
  • EmitStop, on 07/22/2008, -1/+10R.I.P. Phil Hartman. He was Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz on The Simpsons.
    • daRoach, on 07/22/2008, -0/+8You may also remember him from such films as Jingle all the Way and Saturday Night Live skit Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer.
    • WELLDOITLIVE, on 07/22/2008, -0/+3He did SO many voices (that all sounded pretty much the same, his natural voice), he had such a perfect voice for it.
    • robEstyles, on 07/22/2008, -3/+2There is no Lionel Hutz I believe you are thinking of Miguel Sanchez
    • smaskat, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1Newsradio.. I actually recently started watching it and it's pretty weird but still a very funny show.. Bill McNeil.. my idol.
  • Animal, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1Wouldn't this apply to pretty much any working actor who died before retirement? Pretty much any actor is working on something that would eventually get released if they had died.
    • somedirtbag, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1If you're gonna copy a comment from the article, I guess I gotta give you credit for a decent choice.
      • Animal, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1Really? I didn't even read the comments actually.
  • acatzr800, on 07/22/2008, -3/+3The only thing more annoying than more stories about heath ledger are the comments bemoaning another article about heath ledger
  • Elliottx, on 07/22/2008, -1/+2See, lots of other famous people died before they released their movies. Please stop circle jerking over Heath Ledger now.

    ....Although I think he would actually like that.
  • Cyrock, on 07/22/2008, -4/+3Heath Ledger is the new Kurt Cobain
  • myhandleondigg, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1Guess you didn't proofread that summary before submitting the article?
  • JazzCatDRP, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1Unless Heath Ledger's actual funeral and body are in The Dark Knight, nothing could top Bruce Lee in this regard.
  • serif69, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1This is hardly the first time I am burying an article due to a bad summary. But there were more...
  • Csaliture, on 07/22/2008, -0/+3Oh how I miss Chris Farley
  • erichw1504, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1This won't be the last digg article that is somehow connected to The Dark Knight. I bet there will be more...
  • milobennett, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1Standards? They didn't even get the headline right - it is actors WHO not actors that.
  • gubersky, on 07/22/2008, -0/+0Worst list ever.
  • Asianwaste, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1Ahem... Raul Julia as M. Bison?
  • jotty, on 07/22/2008, -0/+2What about Oliver Reed? He died during the filming of Gladiator, so the VFX company (www.the-mill.com) had to digitally impose Oliver Reed's head on a body double to film the rest of the movie.
    • dslartoo, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1Reed was also a MUCH better actor than John Candy or Chris Farley or Aaliyah or some of the other "actors" on this list. I was annoyed he didn't make the list either.
  • protodon, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1Quite a few of those movies aren't worth mentioning.
  • Trustthedust, on 07/22/2008, -0/+3Top 10 untimely actor deaths - http://www.scene-stealers.com/top-10/erics-top-10- ...
  • zadadka, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1What you might call a whimsical dying tradition.
  • FullMetalNIN, on 07/22/2008, -0/+0John Ritter - Bad Santa
    Should have definitely made the list
  • ibeetle, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1The artical could have been a bit more detailed on two actors.

    James Dean not only did he not see the release of Rebel Without a Cause, but he did not live to see Giant or East of Eden either.

    You can also add for Heath Ledger, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.
    Then there is Peter Sellers The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
  • alfonsoe, on 07/22/2008, -1/+0I think its extremely sad that because of the attention around heath the film previews focus on the character of the joker rather than 'the dark knight' or aka batman. This too me is for no other reason than to profit from the hype and media attention?

    If you search for the first batman film preview you notice all the focus is on batman , with the addition of his villians.

    Anyone else agree?

  • kokoshka, on 07/22/2008, -0/+1This is hardly the first story to get buried for an awful description. But there were more...
  • fbmx, on 07/22/2008, -1/+1Some other surprizing information in the news. Almost all plumbers who pass away before retirement die in the middle of their final plumbing project.

    Also a shocking 99% of all living people will pass away during their final day on earth. Crazy but true.
  • tedrock, on 07/22/2008, -2/+1http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff48/thetedrock ...
  • danibobanny, on 07/22/2008, -1/+1The guy who played Raul of the "Raul's Wild Kingdom" in Weird Al's UHF died during the filming.

    "Today, we'll be teaching poodles how to fly! Ok, Gigi! Fly!!"

    He was so funny that they decided to keep what they had and just forgo filming the rest of his character's lines.

    We'll do it live!
  • lazychris2000, on 07/22/2008, -1/+2What about Orson Welles and Transformers the Movie?
  • NecroDigg, on 07/22/2008, -1/+1Heath Ledger died? Wtf
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