Filming For The Walking Dead Put On Hold After Stunt Actor’s Death
AMC’s The Walking Dead suffered a tragic loss earlier this month when voice actor Randy Schell died in a tragic shy diving accident. Yesterday, tragedy struck again. While filming for season 8, veteran stunt actor John Bernecker had a major accident on set falling from a balcony and plummeting 30 feet onto a concrete floor, suffering a major head injury. Bernecker was flown to the Atlanta Medical Center where he is currently in the Intensive Care Unit. Filming has been put on hold until the accident can be investigated. Bernecker’s girlfriend, Jennifer Cocker, shared a brief statement on his Facebook updating their friends and family: “John deserves to be see by every neurosurgeon [sic] and doctor there is until one of them sees the life we all know he has in him and bring him back to us…THIS ISNT FAIR,” The message implies that Bernecker is in a very serious condition. We are saddened to report that John Bernecker, a
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