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Ronnie Rondell Jr. (right) and Danny Rogers<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Ronnie Rondell Jr., the longtime Hollywood stuntman immortalized on fire for the cover of Pink Floyd\u2019s Wish You Were Here<\/em>, has died at the age of 88.<\/p>\n Rondell Jr. died Tuesday at a senior living facility in Missouri, his family announced (via The Hollywood Reporter<\/em><\/a>). No cause of death was provided.<\/p>\n More from Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n A stuntman and actor with over 200 credits on his filmography, Rondell Jr. is perhaps best known for a single photograph: The iconic cover of Pink Floyd\u2019s 1975 album Wish You Were Here<\/em>, where he was lit on fire on a Hollywood backlot (Warner Bros. Studios), shaking hands with a man in a suit (Danny Rogers).<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019d been doing a lot of fire work in those days, and I had the special suits and all this stuff for fully enveloped fire,\u201d Rondell Jr. said in the documentary Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here<\/em>. \u201cIt was pretty easy to do, not too life-threatening, and paid well.\u201d<\/p>\n To capture the photo, conceived by Hipgnosis\u2019 Storm Thorgesen and Audrey Powell, Rondell Jr. was reportedly lit on fire 15 times, as wind and other factors \u2014 \u201cThere\u2019s a funny thing about fire. When it gets in your face, you\u2019re going to move,\u201d Rondell Jr. added \u2014 forced the many attempts.<\/p>\n During the shoot, the flames caused Rondell Jr. to lose an eyebrow and part of his mustache, but the finished product was worth it: Wish You Were Here<\/em> is routinely hailed as one of the greatest album covers of all time.<\/p>\n \u201cRonnie was very gracious about it considering\u2026 but as far as he was concerned as a professional in the movie industry it was all in a day\u2019s work,\u201d Powell said of Rondell Jr.s contribution.<\/p>\n In a big screen and small screen career that spanned from 1955 to 2003, Rondell Jr. appeared significantly-albeit-anonymously or served as a stunt coordinator in films and shows like Lethal Weapon, Batman & Robin<\/em>, Twister<\/em>, The Crow<\/em>, Predator 2<\/em>, They Live<\/em>, The Karate Kid<\/em>, Commando<\/em>, and TV\u2019s Charlie\u2019s Angels<\/em>. While he retired in 2000, he returned for one final film, a chase sequence in 2003\u2019s The Matrix Reloaded<\/em>, where his son R.A. Rondell served as supervising stunt coordinator.<\/p>\n Best of Rolling Stone<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for RollingStone’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ronnie Rondell Jr. (right) and Danny Rogers Ronnie Rondell Jr., the longtime Hollywood stuntman immortalized on fire for the cover of Pink Floyd\u2019s Wish You Were Here, has died at the age of 88. Rondell Jr. died Tuesday at a senior living facility in Missouri, his family announced (via The Hollywood Reporter). 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