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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.
- Helicopter accident
- 1955–1981
- Director
- May 22, 1981 (aged 57), Portland, Oregon, U.S.
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...
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 Hood...
May 24, 1981 · TIMBERLINE LODGE, Ore. -- Film director Boris Sagal, who directed the recent television miniseries "Masada" and the earlier miniseries "Rich Man, Poor Man," was fatally injured Friday when he...
Advertisement. Photo added by Ron Moody. Advertisement. Boris Sagal. Birth. 18 Oct 1923. Dnipropetrovsk, Dnipro Raion, Dnipropetrovska, Ukraine. Death. 22 May 1981 (aged 57) Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, USA. Burial. Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA Show Map. Plot.
Boris Sagal was born on 18 October 1923 in Yekaterinoslav, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for The Omega Man (1971), The Name of the Game (1968) and Rich Man, Poor Man (1976). He was married to Marge Champion and Sara Macon. He died on 22 May 1981 in Portland, Oregon, USA.
October 18, 1923. Died. May 24, 1981. Cause of Death. Injuries Caused When Struck By Helicopter Blade. Biography. Read More. Russian-born TV director of surprisingly bleak dramas including "Destiny of a Spy" (1969), "The Movie Murderer," "Hauser's Memory" (both 1970), and "The Dream Makers" (1975) in which there are no happy endings.
