Word: stuntman
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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DIED. OWEN HART, 34, professional wrestler known as the Blue Blazer; after falling some 70 ft. while being lowered onto the mat before an audience of more than 16,000; in Kansas City, Mo. The acrobatic stuntman, scion of a prominent Canadian wrestling family, was often billed as a straight man for such higher-profile World Wrestling Federation heavyweights as "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. Authorities have begun an investigation into Hart's death...
...chaps, boots, collars, and "exoticwear" lies the greatest motorcycle show on the East Coast. Sponsored by Hooters restaurant, the show features stunts performed on a variety of ramps, props, and one dilapidated Subaru. At the recent half-hour spectacle, one observer noted, "He's good...very good" as the stuntman popped a wheelie before launching himself onto a platform seven feet...
...with Alec Baldwin. He keeps disappearing into his roles, slicking down his hair to come on like a hood or donning glasses for that grad-student look. Mimicry is another form of camouflage, and Baldwin is gifted at it. He can imitate a Woody Allen monologue or a Southern stuntman's patois. While making Red October, Baldwin perfected such a good Sean Connery impression that it ended up in the movie. This is a great on-the- set mood enhancer, but a would-be star should be polishing his image, not hiding...