{"id":1965386,"date":"2025-08-17T15:40:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T15:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1965386"},"modified":"2025-08-17T15:40:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T15:40:15","slug":"lethal-weapon-star-trek-and-matrix-icon-dies-aged-88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/lethal-weapon-star-trek-and-matrix-icon-dies-aged-88\/","title":{"rendered":"Lethal Weapon, Star Trek and Matrix icon dies, aged 88"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hollywood stuntman Ronnie Rondell Jr – who was photographed for the front cover of Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here album cover after being set alight – has died at the age of 88.<\/p>\n

Ronnie died at a care home in the US state of Missouri. The stuntman had been involved in some of the biggest films and TV series of the last 70 years – including Lethal Weapon, Thelma and Louise, Star Trek: First Contact, Charlie’s Angels, Dynasty, Baywatch, Spartacus, Diamonds are Forever, Blazing Saddles, Towering Inferno and The Karate Kid<\/p>\n

Ronnie was born in California in 1937 and started acting in the 1950s, he was a stuntman in the 50s TV show Soldiers of Fortune. He went on to become a stunt co-ordinator, working on films such as Batman and Robin.<\/p>\n

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A picture of the front cover of the album ‘Wish You Were Here’<\/p>\n

Many will recognise Ronnie as the stuntman who was set alight for the cover of Pink Floyd’s 1975 album Wish You Were Here. He worse a wuit and wig covered in flame-retardant gel but still suffered minor burns – losing some facial hair.<\/p>\n

Ronnie was one of the founders of stunts company Stunts Unlimited in California in 1970. In a post on social media, Stunts Unlimited wrote: “In a class all his own, Ronnie was a generous mentor whose talents set the bar for every aspiring stunt person.<\/p>\n

“He was deeply respected, admired and loved. Ronnie was not just a legend, he was legendary and will be deeply missed.”<\/p>\n

Ronnie retired in 2001 but completed one final scene, a car chase in The Matric Reloaded in 2003 and was given a lifetime achievement award at the Taurus World Stunt Awards in 2004.<\/p>\n

Ronnie’s son Reid died while performing a helicopter stunt for the TV series Airwolf in 1985.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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