Actor Julien Arnold Dies Onstage During Performance Of ‘A Christmas Carol’






  • 2019:
    • 11 March: Argentine singer Sergio Denis suffered a 3-meter (10-foot) fall from the stage in the middle of a song during a show in San Miguel de Tucumán. Unconscious and with a broken shoulder, he was transported to the hospital in which he was induced in a coma. He died without having woken up on 15 May 2020, a year and two months after his fall.[73]
    • 11 April: Comedian Ian Cognito died of a heart attack during a show in Bicester. He is reported to have "sat on a chair and laid back for five minutes," with audience members initially believing it to be part of his routine until the event's compère called an ambulance.[74] A few minutes earlier, Cognito had joked about having a stroke that would cause him to start speaking in Welsh, and said, "Imagine if I died in front of you lot here."[27]
    • 11 May: Luchador Silver King was wrestling a match in Camden Town, London, England against Juventud Guerrera when he suffered a heart attack.[75]
    • 2 September: Joana Sainz García, Spanish singer and dancer of Super Hollywood Orchestra, died in Las Berlanas, Spain when a pyrotechnic was shot in the wrong direction during an on-stage explosion.[76]
    • 27 November: Godfrey Gao, Taiwanese-Canadian model and actor, died of cardiac arrest while filming Chase Me.
    • 31 December: Juliano Cezar, Brazilian sertanejo singer, died of a heart attack during a concert in Uniflor, Paraná.[77]
  • 2020:
    • 18 January: Singer-songwriter David Olney, 71, died in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida while at the 30A Songwriters Festival. While performing alongside Amy Rigby, he became motionless. Fellow performer Scott Miller said, "David was playing a song when he paused, said 'I'm sorry' and put his chin to his chest. He never dropped his guitar or fell off his stool. It was as easy and gentle as he was."[78]
  • 2021:
    • 18 July: Milan Lasica, Slovak comedian and author, died in Bratislava during his singing performance with Bratislava Hot Serenaders. Just after he finished a song called "I am an Optimist" and gave a bow, he slid down the stage and lost consciousness. After 20 minutes of resuscitation, he was pronounced dead from heart failure.[79][80]
  • 2022:
    • 22 July: Austrian conductor Stefan Soltész, 73, collapsed while conducting a performance of Die schweigsame Frau at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, and was pronounced dead at a local hospital.[81]
    • 12 September: American drag performer Valencia Prime, 25, collapsed and died from heart disease while performing at a nightclub in Philadelphia.[82]
    • 16 October: Haitian singer Michael Benjamin a.k.a. "Mikaben", 41, fell unconscious on Accor Arena's stage, right after he finished performing at a Carimi reunion show.[83] He was pronounced dead a few minutes after.
    • 24 October: Radio presenter Tim Gough, 55, died at his home in Suffolk, UK whilst presenting his breakfast show.[84] Music suddenly stopped during the programme before starting again later.[85]
  • 2023:
    • 11 March: South African rapper Costa Titch, 27, collapsed and died while performing at the Ultra South Africa music festival in Johannesburg.[86]
    • 26 May: Cuban-American musician Juan Carlos Formell (son of Juan Formell), 59, died from a heart attack during a concert in New York City.[87]
    • 5 November: Juan Jumalon, known as DJ Johnny Walker, was shot during a live radio broadcast.[88]
    • 19 November: Polina Menshikh, a Russian actress, was killed during a shelling of Russian soldiers in the village of Kumachove located in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine. A video shows Menshikh performing in a hall when the singing and lighting ended abruptly.[89]
  • 2024:
    • 13 January: Cajun accordionist Jo-El Sonnier died of a heart attack after completing a concert in Llano, Texas.[90]
    • 13 July: Brazilian singer Ayres Sasaki, 35, died of electrocution while performing at a hotel in Salinopolis, Brazil. [91]
    • 31 August: American rapper Fatman Scoop, 56, collapsed during a performance in Hamden, Connecticut on 30 August. He was pronounced dead the following morning. [92]
    • 24 November: Actor Julien Arnold died during a performance of A Christmas Carol at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton, Ontario[93]
 
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