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May 24, 1981 · Boris Sagal, a film director whose most recent movie credits included the ABC television miniseries ''Masada,'' died Friday at a hospital in Portland, Ore., of injuries he suffered five hours...
Sagal was killed in an accident during production of the miniseries World War III, when he was partially decapitated by walking into the tail rotor blades of a helicopter in the parking lot of the Timberline Lodge in Oregon. An investigation revealed that he turned the wrong way after exiting the helicopter.
- Helicopter accident
- 1955–1981
- Director
- May 22, 1981 (aged 57), Portland, Oregon, U.S.
May 23, 1981 · TIMBERLINE LODGE, Ore. -- Film director Boris Sagal, 58, was fatally injured fatally Friday when he walked into the spinning rear rotor blades of a helicopter at Timberline Lodge on Mount...
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Oct 22, 2020 · Since 1980, no fewer than 33 TV and film workers have been killed in mishaps involving helicopters, and one such freak accident in 1981 took the life of veteran director Boris Sagal, whose ...
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Apr 8, 2014 · In 1981, director Boris Sagal, father of actress Katey Sagal, was killed in Oregon during production of NBC’s World War III miniseries when he accidentally walked into the spinning tail rotor...
Oct 23, 2020 · Boris Sagal died in an on-set accident while making the miniseries “World War III” in 1981; his other son (her stepson), Blake, died in a car accident in 1987. Champion choreographed many...
He was killed early in the production of the TV film World War III (1982) in a helicopter accident in Oregon. He had just returned from filming aerial shots, his helicopter landing in the parking lot of the Timberline lodge on Mt. Hood (the exteriors location from The Shining (1980) ).
