Something that really stuck with me as a kid was the story of this cool guy actor on the set of some tv show in the early 80’s.
He put what was some stage prop type pistol to his head as a big joke, pulled the trigger and killed himself.
Big joke.
Anyways i learned that you don’t ever point a weapon at anything you don’t want to hurt.
“He put what was some stage prop type pistol to his head as a big joke, pulled the trigger and killed himself.
Big joke.”
Yes, there have been a couple of those. The actors thought that a “blank” round would be harmless, but the wad from a “blank” at pointblank range, is deadly.
The actor you’re thinking of is Jon-Erik Hexum odf the 80’s TV-shows “Voyagers”.
From IMBD:
“However, on October 12th, 1984 after a long and draining day’s shooting on the set of Cover Up (1984) (TV), Hexum became bored with the extensive delays and jokingly put a prop .44 magnum revolver to his temple and pulled the trigger. The gun fired, and the wadding from the blank cartridge shattered his skull, whereupon the mortally injured Hexum was rushed via ambulance to hospital to undergo extensive surgery. Despite five hours of work, the chief surgeon Dr David Ditsworth, described the damage to Hexum’s brain as life ending, and one week later on October 18th, he was taken off life support and pronounced dead. However, Hexum’s commitment to organ donation, meant five other lives were assisted or saved with organs harvested from him. The youthful & charming Hexum was dead at only 26 years of age.”