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On a topical note, the late actress/singer Aaliyah hits the cinema screens soon in the US starring as a vampire in Queen of the Damned. This seems to have resonances of Brandon Lee reappearing in The Crow as an undead character out for revenge. I was wondering if there are any other examples of this. I can think of three similar, though none of them played Fortean or undead characters - Vic Morrow who was decapitated filming Twilight Zone: The Movie yet still showed up in the first segment, Bruce Lee in the aptly titled Game of Death, and good old Ollie Reed in Gladiator.
I also note that the Matrix sequels have been hit not only by the death of Aaliyah, who had completed filming for the first of the two sequels, and also of Gloria Foster who played the Oracle.
I recall a story in FT recently of how people manage to stay alive for significant events - the release of Eyes Wide Shut by Stanley Kubrick, for example. After the first preview screening of the movie, he was dead just five days later.
I also note that the Matrix sequels have been hit not only by the death of Aaliyah, who had completed filming for the first of the two sequels, and also of Gloria Foster who played the Oracle.
I recall a story in FT recently of how people manage to stay alive for significant events - the release of Eyes Wide Shut by Stanley Kubrick, for example. After the first preview screening of the movie, he was dead just five days later.