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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 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...
The director, Boris Sagal, was killed in a helicopter accident in Oregon during the early stages of production. He was replaced by David Greene.
- David Greene Productions, Finnegan Associates, NBC
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) ).
Veteran director Boris Sagal was killed in a helicopter accident during the first days of location filming which, rather than being done in Alaska, ultimately took place indoors at Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope Studios. The film won an Emmy Award for its makeup and a nomination for sound mixing.
