By HANS GUTKNECHT | hgutknecht@scng.com | Daily News
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By HANS GUTKNECHT | hgutknecht@scng.com | Daily News
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If you watch TV or go to movies, you have seen most of the people who turned up in a parking lot in Calabasas early on Saturday, Oct. 14. You might not recognize them, but you’ve seen them. They are the men and women falling from buildings, driving fast cars, taking a bullet and getting punched in the face.
Stuntmen, stuntwomen and friends came to the parking lot of Stunts Unlimited on their motorcycles to honor a late friend and an icon in the stunt community, at the second annual Gene LeBell Memorial Ride.
LeBell, who passed away at home on Aug. 9, 2022 at 89, left a lasting impression on those lucky to have met him. Once called the “Toughest Man Alive,” he forged a legacy in both the stunt and martial arts worlds.
LeBell was a member of the elite Stunts Unlimited organization, whose members are some of Hollywood’s top A-list stunt performers. An empty chair with his name emblazoned on it still sits at their office table.
“There’s always going to be a chair. He was a member of our group, and there’s no other Gene, so he will always have a chair in our office that nobody can fill,” said Chris O’Hara, president of Stunts Unlimited.
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Then a few days later SAG-AFTRA stunt professionals took to the streets on July 27, 2023 to protest the AMPTP contract and show solidarity with WAG members, also striking against the contract offered them by the AMPTP.
Stunts Unlimited member Jalil Jay Lynch led approximately 60 motorcycle riders on a moving picket line past 11 studios, the SAG-AFTRA offices and Mann’s Chinese theatre!
Additionally there were well over 100 strikers from the stunt community on the picket line at Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank.
It was an amazing day, not only did we fight for a fair contract, we also came together as a community and you know, we ALWAYS have a good time when we get together!!!
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