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Two child actors killed on Landis Twilight Zone set True

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“Two child actors were killed on the set of John Landis's film Twilight Zone: The Movie”
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Confidence: High Checked on October 31, 2026

Summary

Two child actors, Myca Dinh Le (7) and Renee Shin‑Yi Chen (6), were killed along with actor Vic Morrow in a helicopter crash on the set of John Landis’s *Twilight Zone: The Movie* on July 23, 1982. This tragic accident is well documented by numerous reputable sources.

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  • Twilight Zone accident - Wikipedia

    On July 23, 1982, a Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter crashed at Indian Dunes in Valencia, California, during the making of Twilight Zone: The Movie. The crash killed actor Vic Morrow and child actors Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen, who were on the ground, and injured the six helicopter passengers.

  • Vic Morrow - Wikipedia

    In 1982, Morrow was cast in a feature role in Twilight Zone: The Movie in a segment directed by John Landis. Morrow was playing the role of Bill Connor, a racist who is taken back in time and placed in various situations where he would be a persecuted victim: as a Jewish man in Vichy France, a Black man about to be lynched by the Ku Klux Klan, and a Vietnamese man about to be killed by U.S. soldiers. In the early hours of July 23, 1982, Morrow and two child actors...

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