before our presentation begins i'd like
to recommend some books of poetry
written by my personal friend
jim wortham amazon links are down in the
description
or simply search amazon for jim wortham
thank you
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vic morrow was born victor morizov on
february 14
1929 to jean kresh and harry morizov
in the bronx of new york city he dropped
out of high school
at 17 and enlisted in the united states
navy
after the navy he studied pre-law at
florida state but quickly realized that
acting was what he wanted to do
moro started his acting career in a
touring production
of a streetcar named desire his first
movie
role was for mgm in blackboard jungle
in 1955 and tribute to a bad man
in 1956 he guest starred in tv
shows like the millionaire alfred
hitchcock presents
the restless gun track down and richard
diamond private detective
vic had support roles in the movies men
in war
in 1957 and in 1958
king creel and god's little acre in 1958
morrow married barbara turner and had
two daughters
carriane morrow born 1958
and actress jennifer jason lee born in
1962
they divorced after seven years morrow
appeared on many tv shows including
naked city the rifleman johnny ringo
the lawless years the barbara stanwick
show
general electric theater outlaws and the
untouchables
also two episodes of bonanza he was in
cimarron in 1960
and was in his first lead role in
portrait of a mobster in 1961.
vic morrow is probably most famous for
playing the lead role
in abc's combat which aired from 1962
till 1967. morrow directed and helped
produce
death watch in 1965. he wrote and
directed
sledge in 1970. in the early 1970s
morrow starred in tv movies river of
mystery
the glass house the weekend nun tom
sawyer
and nightmare vic guest starred in
ironside mission impossible
love story the streets of san francisco
and police story
in 1974 he played in dirty mary
crazy larry the california kid and the
take
in 1975 morrow married gail lester
he had the lead role in funeral for an
assassin
key roles in death stalk scar tissue
and the knight that panicked america in
76
he did the bad news bears he also did
mini series in the late 70s
such as the captains and the kings and
roots
as well as appearing in hunter and
charlie's angels
he returned to directing for quincy me
and walt disney's wonderful world of
color morrow had the lead
in the guest of cypress swamp and the
evictors
in 1979. he made humanoids from the deep
the last shark and bad cats some of his
last roles were in magnum pi
and the bronx warriors in 1982 in 1982
morrow had a key role in one segment of
twilight zone the movie directed by john
landis in the early morning hours of
july
23rd 1982 morrow
and two child actors micah dinly
and renee shin yee chen were filming on
location in california
in an area that was known as indian
dunes near
santa clarita they were performing a
scene for the vietnam sequence
in which their characters attempt to
escape a deserted vietnamese
village from a pursuing u.s army
helicopter
the helicopter was hovering at
approximately 24 feet
above them when the heat from special
effect pyrotechnic
explosions reportedly delaminated the
rotor's blades
and caused the helicopter to plummet and
crash on top of them
sadly all three were killed instantly
morrow and lee were decapitated and
mutilated by the helicopter rotor blades
while chen was crushed by the helicopter
skid
landis and four other defendants were
acquitted of involuntary manslaughter
after a nearly nine month trial parents
of lee
and chen and maura's two daughters sued
and settled out of court for an
undisclosed amount
morrow was interred in hillside memorial
park cemetery in culver city california
he was only 53 years old
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