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Wheelchair curse?

posted 8 years ago by missnat84 (212)
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I've noticed that alot of actors that have been in wheelchairs in movies seem to have had death get them in their real life, creepy huh,what do you think?

Tom mcbride (Friday the 13th part 2) :in the movie he played nice guy Mark who was wheelchair bound,in 1995 he died of AIDS.

Shawn Phelan(Miles from Nowhere 1992) in that movie Shawn's character gets paralyzed after car accident, that's what happened to Shawn in real life, he was comatose for two years and life support shut off and died in 1998.

Corey Haim was wheelchair bound in Silver Bullet(1985),in 2010 he died from pneumonia.

Paul A Partain (Texas Chainsaw Massacre), Was wheelchair Franklin in that movie, he died age 58 of cancer in real life.

Melissa Clayton played wheelchair bound Laurel in House IV 1992. She died of cancer this year age 44.

Shannon doherty. I know she's still alive but she was in a wheelchair in the movie Sleeping with the devil(1997). She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015.

Donald pleasance was in a wheelchair in Phenomena(1985),he died from surgery complications in 1995.

Christopher Reeve in wheelchair in Above Suspicion (1994)

[–] croft_alice (12180) 8 years ago

"Death by irony is allways painful..."

[–] April-151-CT (10210) 8 years ago

Yeah, no. That's called "Life".

[–] wheelin176 (2056) 8 years ago

I agree.

[–] arvin g borkar (2854) 8 years ago

Yes, there seems to be a curse. Make sure if you are ever hired as an actor/actress, you are never willing to do a character in a wheelchair.

Oh that and stunts. There was a stuntman for The Walking Dead that died yesterday.

[–] croft_alice (12180) 8 years ago

Also there was a stuntwoman who lost her left arm during filming for the final chapter.

[–] actionkamen (23176) 8 years ago

Even weirder... All actors that ever act eventually dies. Even those who cannot act!

[–] napsdufroid (2077) 8 years ago

Now THAT'S strange.... ;-)

[–] Barclays (960) 8 years ago

You're right. There is such a thing as curses especially involving disabled people using wheelchairs. I've noticed this in real life too. That's why I don't like to be around too many disabled people. I know that usually their disability isn't their fault but I've noticed that being around one is relatively safe, more than one is too risky. That curse may attach itself to you as well.

[–] missnat84 (212) 8 years ago

Its all so incredibly creepy

[–] Barclays (960) 8 years ago

You know what else is creepy? Have you ever been inside of a store or restaurant and it wouldn't be that crowded at all. Even the sidewalk or parking lot wasn't full. Then like, 10 minutes later, you notice that a whole lot more people entered the store and now it's crowded like they materialized out of thin air like a real life Sims game? You're like wtf- where did all those people come from. And so you have to make your way through them because everybody is in each other's way. I hate when that happens.

[–] db20db (17743) 8 years ago

Duh....it's commonly referred to as the lunch hour rush !

[–] Popcorn Kernel (2368) 8 years ago

Everyone who is not disabled should just think of themself as "temporarily able".

[–] GlenEllyn (21659) 8 years ago

I'm in the camp of "coincidence." Didn't Tom Cruise make a movie where he was in a wheelchair?

[–] TexasJack (12516) 8 years ago

Sure did. Born on the 4th of July https://moviechat.org/tt0096969/Born-on-the-Fourth-of-July

[–] Barclays (960) 8 years ago

And you supplied the link to the board. Good job! Here's a gold star.

[–] missnat84 (212) 8 years ago

Im sure Christopher reeve was in a wheelchair too in one of his movies but not sure if it was before or after his accident.

[–] napsdufroid (2077) 8 years ago

It was after

[–] Barclays (960) 8 years ago

Yup. The movie is called Above Suspicion (1994) A year before he became paralyzed. His wife doting died of lung cancer not long after Chris did. She'd never smoked a cigarette in her life either and stayed with him even after his accident and took very good care of him. The wheelchair must have killed her.

[–] wanton87 (934) 8 years ago

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[–] Barclays (960) 8 years ago

I'm just wondering. If you announce that the information you're providing isn't accurate, why should I bother reading it to begin with?

[–] wanton87 (934) 8 years ago

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[–] Barclays (960) 8 years ago

Oh so you delete your post proving what you wrote about me taking the information you provided "with a grain of salt"? And now you're playing victim.

Don't worry. I'm going to take care of the jerk who started the rumor about me being a troll.

[–] napsdufroid (2077) 8 years ago

My bad, bennie. But Above Suspicion was 1995, not '94. And his accident was 6 days after the film was released. In 1998, he did a version of Rear Window

[–] ALurker (485) 8 years ago

The actor, Jade Calegory, from Mac and Me is still alive. He uses a wheelchair in real life for spina bifida.

[–] earl237 (1106) 8 years ago

Daniel Day Lewis was in a wheelchair in My Left Foot and he turned out fine.

[–] missnat84 (212) 8 years ago

I know a lot of actors turned out fine but I'm just saying its creepy the ones who didnt, especially Shawn Phelan as his film mirrored his death.

[–] croft_alice (12180) 8 years ago

Olivia Jackson lost her left arm during filming for the final chapter.

[–] missnat84 (212) 8 years ago

Never heard of that actress before

[–] croft_alice (12180) 8 years ago

She was a stuntwoman.

[–] Barclays (960) 8 years ago

Joan Crawford used a wheelchair in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? And she died mysteriously in her 60s

[–] napsdufroid (2077) 8 years ago

She didn't die "mysteriously," bennie. She died of a heart attack. And she was 71, not in her 60s.