Stunt peformer’s death is third at Disney World this year
Published: August 18, 2009
ORLANDO — A 30-year-old performer at Disney World is dead after rehearsing for a stunt show, the third worker to die in seven weeks at the park.
Anislav Varbanov was pronounced dead late Monday at a hospital after injuring his head while rehearsing a tumbling roll for the “Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular.“
A Disney spokeswoman said the company mourned Varbanovs death. The stunt show was canceled Tuesday in his memory.
The death comes a week after a 47-year-old performer died following an on-stage fall during another show, “Captain Jacks Pirate Tutorial.“ And on July 5, a 21-year-old monorail driver died when another train crashed into his own.
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Nah. They have private insurance. I’d bet his coverage for brain surgery was denied until he died, then they approved it.
Maybe Disney World has one of those “Death Panels” Sarah Palin keeps telling us about.
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