Gone Too Soon: Actors Who Died While Filming A Movie Or TV Show

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Phil Hartman

Funnyman Phil Hartman saw his star rise while on the show “Saturday Night Live.” Following that stint, the Ontario native began his role of Bill McNeil as part of the ensemble cast of the hit sitcom “News Radio.” Right before taping for the fifth season started, Hartman was shot and killed by his wife in their California home before she turned the gun on herself. Their two children were home at the time of the murder-suicide. The new season of “News Radio” opened with the characters returning from McNeil’s funeral, who died from a heart attack.

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