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== Real Life ==
* A [[Real Life]] tragedy without the malice. On October 12, 1984, actor Jon-Erik Hexum was filming a scene for the CBS TV series ''Cover Up''. In the scene, he had a .44 magnum revolver loaded with blanks. After several takes, filming of the scene was delayed. As the cast and crew became more annoyed, Hexum decided to relieve the tension by performing a little joke. He grabbed the prop gun, put it to his temple and squeezed off a round. (People on the set later said that they believed that Hexum had assumed that the prop master had unloaded the gun between takes.) The
* [[Bruce Lee]]'s son, Brandon Lee died during the shooting of ''The Crow'', when he was shot with a ''real'' gun. The gun was supposed to be loaded with a blank, however a real bullet ended up in the barrel.
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