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[quote]LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anton Yelchin, a charismatic and rising actor best known for playing Chekov in the new "Star Trek" films, has died at the age of 27. He was killed in a fatal traffic collision early Sunday morning, his publicist, Jennifer Allen confirmed.Yelchin started small with roles in indie films and various television shows, before breaking out in films like the crime thriller "Alpha Dog" and the teenage comedy "Charlie Bartlett." His biggest role to date has been in the rebooted "Star Trek" films — the third of which, "Star Trek Beyond" comes out in July.[/quote]
[URL]https://www.yahoo.com/movies/star-trek-actor-anton-yelchin-dies-car-crash-175216196.html[/URL]
Updated with more information on cause of death:
[quote][B]Anton Yelchin, who was best known for playing Chekov in the new Star Trek films, has been killed by his own car at his home in Los Angeles, police say.[/B]It struck him after rolling backwards down the steep drive at his Studio City home, pinning him against a brick postbox pillar and a security fence.
He died shortly after 01:00 (08:00 GMT) on Sunday.[/quote]
[URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36572649[/URL]
Various other sources:
[URL]http://www.thewrap.com/actor-anton-yelchin-dead-at-27-report/[/URL]
[URL]http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/star-trek-actor-anton-yelchin-dies-car-crash-39972793[/URL]
Fuuuck that's tragic. That whole cast is super tight
It's always 27.
The 27 Club is the most bizarre and tragic thing to happen to celebrities.
Holy shit, this is really tragic and unexpected. Rewatching Charlie Bartlett is going to be very sad from now on. Rest in peace.
Some say its a hoax
[QUOTE=Sourceshift;50550137]Some say its a hoax[/QUOTE]
Several sources, abc says it's confirmed by his publicist. I'd be very fucking surprised.
I'm hearing this is a hoax now, what do I believe?
Nothing yet.
That's awful. Really liked his work.
holy shit
RIP comrade
If this is true, that's fucking tragic. He was a big "up and comer" with stuff like the Green Room and Star Trek.
[QUOTE=Sableye;50550092]Fuuuck that's tragic. That whole cast is super tight[/QUOTE]
[video]https://twitter.com/KarlUrban/status/744594138167812096[/video]
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[quote]On June 18, 2016, Yelchin was due to meet friends for a rehearsal. After not hearing from him for hours, his friends went to his San Fernando Valley home at 1 a.m. and found Yelchin pinned between his car and his brick mailbox.[/quote]
How the fuck?
I assume parking brake mistake.
That's so awful
[QUOTE=GhillieBacca;50550305]How the fuck?
I assume parking brake mistake.[/QUOTE]
I read that he left it in neutral and the engine running so it rolled into him, but it was from daily mail so who knows
When I first heard of the star trek franchise being remade I never thought any one could play chekhov or let alone any of the other crew, Anton really pulled it off and for him to leave this world in such an unusual way. I am really shocked by this news and I really feel sorry for his family and friends, I just hope they can complete the new star trek and play homage to him in his final curtain call. RIP Anton
What's with this year, so far it's been so fucking tragic
Fuck you 2016
I really hope he hadn't gone to get some spam mail.
When I first heard about this I only heard "Chekov" had died so I thought naturally it had to be Walter Koenig from his age and all.
How mistaken I was.
So young, goddamnit...
What a terrible way to go. It seems so simple and avoidable, it's just tragic.
Were they planning on making more Star Trek movies?
That's terrible. It's always so unfair to die so young from something so unexpected. I saw him in Green Room and I thought he was great.
Awww, Chekov was one of my favourite characters in NewTrek, no one deserves to die that young, especially like that
Oh fuck, he was a great Chekov. RIP what a damn shame
Happy Fathers Day :(
oh man that is horrible. I've seen some bad movies of him where I always thought: "this guy is a good actor and some day he'll play in really great movies"
im sad
He was one of my favorite young actors. A true superstar, he was definitely on his way to a couple Oscars. I'm pretty devastated. :c
ugh, fucking hell
Chekov was actually my favourite character in the newer Star Trek movies but I never knew who played him, it's such a fucking shame that this had to happen
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