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Car crash kills daredevil Dunn
‘Jackass’ cast member Ryan Dunn dies early Monday of injuries sustained in a fiery car crash.
Jackass star Ryan Dunn, who along with his cast mates made people cringe and snicker through vulgar stunts in their multimillion-dollar TV and movie franchise, has been killed on Monday in a fiery car crash. He was 34.
Dunn, a daredevil whose most famous skits included diving into a sewage tank and shoving a toy car into his rectum, was driving his 2007 Porsche in suburban Philadelphia when it careered off the road, flipped over a guardrail and crashed into the woods before bursting into flames.
A passenger was also killed, and speed may have been a factor in the crash, West Goshen Township police said.
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Fiery crash … police tape marks where Ryan Dunn went off the road. Photo: AP
The force of impact shattered the vehicle into several twisted and blackened pieces, leaving the Porsche 911 GT3 unrecognisable except for a door that was thrown from the crash and not incinerated.
A 30-metre-long tyre skid marked where the car left the roadway.
Both Dunn and his passenger were severely burned. Police said they were able to identify Dunn through his tattoos and hair, but the identity of his passenger was still unknown.
Ryan Dunn … died in a car crash. Photo: Reuters
Dunn appeared on MTV shows Jackass and Viva La Bam and the three Jackass big-screen adaptations. He also was the star of his own MTV show, Homewrecker, and hosted Proving Ground on the G4 cable network.
His longtime friend and fellow Jackass daredevil Johnny Knoxville tweeted on Monday afternoon: “Today I lost my brother Ryan Dunn. My heart goes out to his family and his beloved Angie. RIP Ryan, I love you buddy.â€
Another Jackass star, Jason “Wee-Man†Acuna, tweeted: “RYAN DUNNâ€" a super awesome memory was at the J RODY walston & the business show!!! I MISS YOU BUD!! You were always a happy kick-ass dude!!â€
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Jackass star Ryan Dunn killed in fiery Porsche crash
Steve-O, Wee Man, Ryan Dunn, Preston Lacy, Bam Marjera, Dave England, Johnny Knoxville and Ehren McGhehe of Jackass pose in the press room during the MTV Video Music Awards in 2010. Photo: Getty Images
Dunn also starred in the yet-to-be-released film Living Will. The film’s website describes Dunn’s character as a “party bum slacker [who] returns from the dead as a mischievous and perverted ghostâ€.
In a statement, MTV praised Dunn’s tireless humour and enthusiasm and said he would be missed.
“We are devastated by the tragic loss of Ryan Dunn â€" a beloved member of the MTV family for more than a decade,†said Van Toffler, president of MTV Networks Music/Films Group. “The Jackass brotherhood will never be the same.â€
Dunn was born in Ohio and moved at age 15 to Pennsylvania, where he met Bam Margera on his first day of high school, according to a biography posted on his website.
Dunn, Margera, Christopher Raab (known as Raab Himself) and Brandon DiCamillo, under the moniker CKY for “Camp Kill Yourselfâ€, started making videos that featured them skateboarding and performing stunts.
Dunn was working as a welder and at a gas station when Knoxville, a friend of Margera’s through the skateboarding circuit, asked the crew to allow their videos to be part of the series Jackass, which became a hit on MTV and ran from 2000 to 2002.
Perhaps his most famous stunt, in 2002′s Jackass: The Movie, involved inserting a toy car into his rectum and going to an emergency room, where he made up a story that he was in mysterious pain after passing out at a fraternity party. Dunn’s X-ray from the hospital became a popular T-shirt for Jackass fans.
In a 2000 stunt, he dived into a tank at a raw sewage plant wearing flippers, a mask and a snorkel.
A few hours before the 3am crash, Dunn tweeted a picture of himself drinking with two friends. The photo has since been removed.
Autopsies were to be conducted, though it was unclear when the results would be released.
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