[zeestephen]

Around 20 years ago, a second tier male actor, whose name I have forgotten, playfully picked up a prop pistol, put it to his head, and fired.

Brain dead for a couple days before they turned off life support.

I think this is the first USA gun prop fatality since then.

Bad luck for the dead guy and the wounded guy.

On the other hand, I am really cheered up by the thought of neo-Marxist Alec Baldwin lying in bed, wide awake at 2 AM, and his heart beating 120 times a minute.

[nickcarraway]

Are you talking about Jon-Erik Hexum in 1984?

There have been onset gun fatalities since then. Bruce Lee's son was killed during a secene in the early to mid 90s.