WDW stunt performer dies

Tom Morrow · 08-11-2009, 10:04 AM

Injured Walt Disney World performer dies

Disney performer dies days after performance fall

Orlando Sentinel
A performer at Walt Disney World and theater-community mainstay died Monday, four days after he was injured during a show at the Magic Kingdom.

Mark Priest, 47, fell Thursday while playing in "Captain Jack's Pirate Tutorial," an interactive show in which actors lead guests through a series of pirate-skills tests, a Disney spokeswoman said.

Priest, who was in a mock sword fight, stumbled on a wet spot at the show's location, near Pirates of the Caribbean, and then banged into a wall, said friend Jeffrey Breslauer. His injuries included a broken vertebra in his neck and a cut that required 55 stitches to his scalp.

Priest was moved out of intensive care and appeared to be improving, but he experienced complications Monday and died at Florida Hospital Orlando, friends said. An official cause of death has not been determined.
by Willoughby Mariano and Jason Garcia

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alyx92 · 08-11-2009, 10:09 AM

thats sad

#1DisneyFreak · 08-11-2009, 10:49 AM

so awful! I remember as a child hitting my head on things so hard that I could taste metal.... these people that have all died lately of head injuries... I feel so awful for them and their families!

Bloomin' Cockroachers · 08-11-2009, 02:24 PM

That is so sad. I feel bad that that is all I have to say, but that is what it really is.

xfkirsten · 08-11-2009, 04:19 PM

That's really sad!

And that something as "small" as slipping on a puddle could lead to that...

(That explains why there was a note on the board today that the Pirate Tutorial won't be showing this week)

Wisher · 08-11-2009, 05:33 PM

That's terrible! His poor family...

alyx92 · 08-11-2009, 06:18 PM

i hope that he died doing somthing he loved doing

jessiestudio · 08-11-2009, 07:30 PM

It is so sad that all of these deaths have occurred at Disney since summer started. Prayers go out to his family and all those around him.

Ezra · 08-21-2009, 12:47 PM

These recent accidents rated an article in Time Magazine:

Mourning Death at the Magic Kingdom

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