Ryan Dunn from Jackass killed in car crash... [Archive]

MinionZombie

20-Jun-2011, 04:33 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_localphi/20110620/ts_yblog_localphi/actor-ryan-dunn-of-jackass-killed-in-car-accident-in-chester-county

Ryan Dunn, star of the reality show "Jackass," has died in a car accident in Pennsylvania, CBS Philly has learned.

Sources say the West Chester native was one of two people killed in a single car crash in Chester County early Monday morning. The double fatal crash happened at about 3 a.m. on Route 322 near New Street in West Goshen Township.

According to the police report released by West Goshen, the 2007 Porsche Dunn was driving crashed into a wooded area off the road and burst into flames. Both Dunn and his unidentified passenger died as a result of injuries they sustained in the crash. Police believe speed may have played a role in the accident.

Dunn is best known as a daredevil and sidekick of Bam Margera in the popular stunt and prank show "Jackass" which is filmed in the West Chester region.

Dunn recently appeared in the summer premiere of NBC's hit game show "Minute To Win It" with one of his prankster partners Steve-O, playing for a charity. He is also a host on G4′s new show "Proving Ground," which debuted June 14.

The West Chester native had just celebrated his birthday on June 11.

Ryan Dunn was 34.

So it seems as if there was drinking and driving involved, and it's not the first time Dunn has crashed a car - even more tragic that there was a passenger, also killed. On one hand it's tragic, and on the other I can't abide reckless driving, but either way it's a sad affair all round.

bassman

20-Jun-2011, 04:41 PM

I knew it was only a matter of time before this popped up here. Although i'm not the biggest fan of their hijinks, it's terrible that his life was cut short. Drinking and driving will do that though. Especially if high speeds are involved. Those three just don't mix.

Danny

20-Jun-2011, 04:47 PM

Thats such a shame, out of all of the jackass guys he was like the least douchey one with the best comic timing. Still, the guy was famous for being in like 3 dozen car wrecks- many by his own hand, had to happen eventually i guess. Still ryan dunn being outlived by bam margera, jhonny knoxville and steve-o? i would never have called this one.

AcesandEights

20-Jun-2011, 04:59 PM

Thats such a shame, out of all of the jackass guys he was like the least douchey one with the best comic timing.
I was always under the same impression, however...

Still, the guy was famous for being in like 3 dozen car wrecks- many by his own hand, had to happen eventually i guess.
Just not cool.

MinionZombie

20-Jun-2011, 05:38 PM

Yeah, reckless driving is just not cool - keep it on a race track under supervised conditions, don't take it onto the public roads, and especially not while intoxicated ... unfortunately it seems to have been this case today. Tragic and very sad - moreso in that it could have totally been avoided.

Purge

20-Jun-2011, 06:11 PM

Now there's a rumor circulating that he may not really be dead and that it was all a publicity stunt.

bassman

20-Jun-2011, 06:34 PM

Now there's a rumor circulating that he may not really be dead and that it was all a publicity stunt.

It's the same with all celebrity deaths. Well...semi-celebrity in this case.

clanglee

20-Jun-2011, 07:38 PM

Well that's sad. Yeah Ryan Dunn was my favorite Jackass. Definitely the most amiable.

Danny

20-Jun-2011, 09:56 PM

Now there's a rumor circulating that he may not really be dead and that it was all a publicity stunt.

yeah i've seen a few sites say it was a hoax the jackass 4. Doubt it but then again you never really know with those guys.

ZombieKeeper

20-Jun-2011, 10:21 PM

Sad news.

MikePizzoff

20-Jun-2011, 10:43 PM

yeah i've seen a few sites say it was a hoax the jackass 4. Doubt it but then again you never really know with those guys.

100% not a hoax. Ya can't for a minute believe that it's a hoax. Among many details, they'd have to get the fire and police departments to cooperate, which in itself would be near impossible to get them to go along with something like this. Also, April Margera is reportedly the one that made this news public, any fan would know that she wouldn't play along with a prank like this - it's too tasteless. Finally, if it WERE a publicity stunt/hoax then the photo he took an hour before he died would not have been removed from his Twitter account this morning.

rongravy

21-Jun-2011, 01:38 AM

Too bad it wasn't Steve-O.

bassman

21-Jun-2011, 01:40 AM

Too bad it wasn't Steve-O.

Funny you mention that. He called into a local radio station this morning to promote his book. One of the DJs could do a good impression of him, so he started doing it as if he were really f*cked up. The joke of course being that Steve O is now clean. Instead of being a good sport, he cursed at the djs and hung up in the middle of the interview. When they called him back he wouldn't answer, so they gave out his cell number on the air and told the listeners to finish the interview. :lol:

He eventually turned off his phone...

krakenslayer

21-Jun-2011, 10:48 AM

I hate to say it, since usually I'm a "live and let live" kinda guy, and I feel bad for even thinking this way, but I really wish that more of these Jackass/Dirty Sanchez/CKY guys would die. The very fact that, despite all their desperate, attention-seeking self-harm and reckless endangerment, none of them has died until now sort of sent the wrong message.

I can't believe that The Human Centipede 2 was banned for being "dangerous" and "harmful" while the shit these guys do - drinking horse semen, deliberately injuring themselves, wasting medical time and energy; actual REAL danger and harm - gets passed without issue.

blind2d

21-Jun-2011, 10:11 PM

Well, this is sad... He didn't really skate though, so I don't know why he was in Jackass to begin with... Just one of Bam's friends I guess.
Still, tragic, and yeah, avoidable. Hmm... He'll be missed, I guess.

bassman

22-Jun-2011, 04:20 PM

According to the L.A. Times, the official coroner's report confirms that blunt force trauma and thermal trauma were the official causes of death in the accident.

After an accident reconstruction, Police Chief Michael Carroll told RadarOnline.com that the Porsche 911 was going "about 130 mph" when the accident happened in a reported 55-mph zone.

130 MPH?!? Was he TRYING to die? I'll be shocked if alcohol didn't have a hand in this. Even if alcohol didn't play a part.....it looks like it's definitely a case of stupidity. I guess it makes sense. He died like he lived....a bufoon.

AcesandEights

22-Jun-2011, 05:04 PM

Considering my general disdain of irresponsible drivers and excessive speeders & lane weavers in particular, I'm just glad they didn't crash into anyone else.

I saw an article entitled: Ryan Dunn dead: Best friend Bam Margera 'had premonition of accident'

Yeah, no shit? Most of us had the same premonition about most of these guys say about...10 years ago.

darth los

22-Jun-2011, 05:13 PM

CoinReturn

22-Jun-2011, 07:36 PM

BAC level was .196, twice PA's legal limit of .08

http://dailylocal.com/articles/2011/06/22/news/doc4e02294103fc3824702920.txt

What a dumbass.

bassman

22-Jun-2011, 07:58 PM

Yeah, that pretty much settles it. He was an idiot and did it to himself. I think Ebert deserves an apology.

It's good that nobody else was hurt or killed because of this asshat's poor decisions...

AcesandEights

22-Jun-2011, 08:08 PM

Yeah, as soon as I saw it, I wished Ebert hadn't backed down. Doubly so now.

Danny

22-Jun-2011, 08:17 PM

ANyone see this yet?

http://www.freep.com/article/20110622/ENT07/106220331/Roger-Ebert-sorry-Jackass-tweet-following-death-show-personality-Ryan-Dunn?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Cs

:cool:

yeah, he wasn't really thinking with that one. Sure he can say "i was being "real" and not cruel" but what did he say? "friends dont let jackasses drink and drive". does this guy really think his friends who werent with him that night are not beating themselves up over this very thing regardless of having nothing to do with the accident? if my best friend died from a drink-driving crash i would be thinking "if i was there i could have stopped him, hed still be alive" and then some guy makes a joke of that very thing? Yeah i'd say a guy whos been best friends with him since high school has every right to be offended by the statement. it was cruel and untimely.
but thats the bad thing about sites like facebook and twitter, people are so quick to be rude about a dead celebrity they dont think about the dead persons friends and family who are dealing with a loss and thanks to the internet every jackass, to use the term ironically, can voice there rude opinions to the family and friends minutes after the death.

Publius

23-Jun-2011, 09:42 AM

It's good that nobody else was hurt or killed because of this asshat's poor decisions...

Except for his passenger. Who was, of course, drinking right alongside him and pretty much assumed the risk of getting into a car with him. Real tragedy would have been if they crashed into somebody else.

MinionZombie

23-Jun-2011, 10:22 AM

Danny speaketh the truth - particular Twitter, with the relatively direct access to celebrities and 'names' - and the style of 'networking' that Twitter promotes, it encourages people to be smart-arses. To try and come up with some 'witty' one liner. Clearly Ebert's comment was a rubbish half-joke, and an untimely one at that, most definitely.

Drink driving - and speeding no less (excessively so) - is a mug's game generally speaking, so it's all the more tragic because it could have totally been avoided by him not getting into his car that night. The responsibility naturally lies with Dunn and his passenger, and it's bad enough that their drunken mistake cost them both their lives, but it's not like drink driving accidents are new either. Since driving existed, there have been drink driving accidents - so I hope that this tragic case wakes up the young Jackass fans to the inherent danger and risk involved in drink driving and reckless driving in general. I hope that at least something positive can ultimately come out of this loss, which will be keenly felt by the family and friends of Dunn and his passenger, something positive like at least some individuals using this accident as a valuable lesson in their own lives if they're ever confronted by a similar potential situation either themselves, or via one of their friends.

AcesandEights

23-Jun-2011, 01:37 PM

Danny speaketh the truth

Nah. Judging by his driving record, this guy routinely put people's lives at risk. I'm sure people will roll out the violins because he was famous and died relatively young, but let's not forget it was due to his own foolishness and blatant disregard for the safety of others. This guy wasn't Einstein, someone who served to make the world an ultimately better place, nor, it would seem, even a decent person. You can't even say he was a kid, he was a grown man, so while his loss to those who knew and valued him may be tragic, it can only serve to make the world a better place if people learn from his mistake and not learn that it's tragically cool to live a less than zero lifestyle with no regard for the wellbeing of yourself and others.

Danny

23-Jun-2011, 02:47 PM

Nah. Judging by his driving record, this guy routinely put people's lives at risk. I'm sure people will roll out the violins because he was famous and died relatively young, but let's not forget it was due to his own foolishness and blatant disregard for the safety of others. This guy wasn't Einstein, someone who served to make the world an ultimately better place, nor, it would seem, even a decent person. You can't even say he was a kid, he was a grown man, so while his loss to those who knew and valued him may be tragic, it can only serve to make the world a better place if people learn from his mistake and not learn that it's tragically cool to live a less than zero lifestyle with no regard for the wellbeing of yourself and others.

so? do you really think ebert was crusading for alerting people to the dangers of drink driving? or rather making a catty attempt at a witty one liner?
ryan dunn lost his life in a fucking stupid way that is entirely his own fault, the mans dead. So he aint the one reading what ebert said HOURS after his death is he? its the people who cared about him that are. I'm not defending dunn in any way at all. His death was his own fault and drink driving at such speeds shows he deserved what he got. What ebert said though was untimely and cruel and i have no illusions that it was said with any motive other than "lets make a joke at one of the stupid young people who finally got whats coming to them, oh how people will think i am witty" and it was far too soon for somebody who is supposed to be a famous and respected celebrity to say "friends dont let jackasses drink and drive" because as i said, they are going to be beating themselves up about that very fact even if they could have done nothing that night to stop him.
It was rude and ebert came off like a dick making a joke targeted at people who had just been told a few hours ago one of their best friends was dead. That's a dick move regardless of how fucking stupid dunn was.

darth los

23-Jun-2011, 02:58 PM

I think his comment was the opinion of someone who thinks he's the Alpha and Omega when it comes to what films are good and which are not. And le's face it, the Jackass series was far from the crown jewel of cinema.

I'm sure it annoyed him to no end that these, in what were probably in his eyes, hacks, were celebs. So he saw it as a sort of, " and good riddance" type quote. We all know that old people have no filter. It Deteriates as they age along with their mental capacity and penis function.

That is all.

:cool:

bassman

23-Jun-2011, 03:36 PM

Mr.G

23-Jun-2011, 03:47 PM

AcesandEights

23-Jun-2011, 03:48 PM

so?

So...it's the truth? If Dunn's family & friends get their noses out of joint because of Ebert's statements it's natural and the unfortunate byproduct of their loss and, to some degree, probably their own complicity in the habit-forming events that built up to his death. That doesn't make what Ebert said any less a truth, regardless of his motives. I'd much rather some harshness in this respect than candy-coating and publicly eulogizing someone who killed himself, another person and, by what we can surmise from his driving record, regularly put others at risk.

Let his family & friends eulogize him however they need to in order to survive their loss, but the harshness of what Ebert said, what we're debating, was directly related (in my opinion proportional) to the stupidity of Dunn's actions.

darth los

23-Jun-2011, 04:07 PM

So wait. Ebert gets in all this trouble for saying "friends dont let jackasses drink and drive", right? We know Dunn definitely WAS drinking and driving. So is the offensive part where he called them Jackasses?

If so.....someone should point out that Bam's mom called them all jackasses in her statement. "Our whole entire Jackass family is like beside themselves. I can't believe it."

The people bitching are just fans of this talentless hack and don't want to accept that the dumbass killed himself. Come at me. :lol:

Context is everything. Since it was family calling them that it's ok. And I agree.

However, This is what passes for a celeb now days. Do dumb shit on tape whether it be a sex tape or someone needlessly risking life and limb and we should respect these guys? These guys all portray themselves to be jerks. One less jerk in the world. So what? If Kim Kardashian died tommorrow from a dick overdose I'd call her a dumb whore and move on, because that's what she was.

Furthermore, i have more sympathy for the innocent people whose lives they put in danger by driving 130 miles an hour, never mind the alchohol portion of it. Driving that fast even without being under the influence is freaking crazy in itself. Adding alcohol to the equation is something.... well, it's something only a jackass would do.

Two thumbs up FAt old film critic dude. :thumbsup:

:cool:

MinionZombie

23-Jun-2011, 05:02 PM

Ebert was insensitive for making a smart-arse comment like that so soon after the event itself.

I don't disagree that drinking and driving, and reckless driving, is an extremely stupid thing to do - indeed it cost Dunn and his passenger their lives - but at the same time there's no need to make a smart-arsey comment on Twitter about it when his family and friends are in an extremely bruised emotional state.

Dunn and his passenger made a stupid decision - however perhaps it was more down to the reckless driving, rather than the drinking (twice the limit? While it is over the limit, it's not blotto, and with the amount Dunn is known to be able to consume, I doubt he was shitfaced wrecked ... even though he was over the limit) ... now, what specifically caused the accident? A blown tyre? Did the breaks lock up? Did they swerve to avoid an animal? Who knows - there's practically nothing left of the vehicle ... it's 'good' (for extreme lack of a better word) that no other drivers were involved (which would have made a tragic event even moreso) ... it was a costly mistake on the part of the deceased, and as I've said, I hope that this event will knock some sense in to the heads of young Jackass fans who drive recklessly, or who have just gotten their licenses and have their teenage sense of invincibility.

...

Also - the Westboro Baptist wankers are going to picket his funeral. :rolleyes:

http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/nwin.htm#Stunts_4369

The miserable nutters of the Westboro Baptist Church have announced plans to picket Ryan Dunn's funeral. The Jackass prankster died in a car crash on Monday.

Citing the porn-level filth the deceased pervert hawked during his Jackass career (specifically, inserting a toy car up his rectum for entertainment), Fred Phelps' band of haters will descend on any public memorial/funeral held for Dunn to protest.

Ryan Dunn Is In Hell! announces the group's press release, which slams his vulgar stunts supposedly enabled by raping priests, selfish faithless parents and lying fag/dyke/whore 'teachers' [who taught] him and his entire generation to sin like the devil himself.

AcesandEights

23-Jun-2011, 05:24 PM

Also - the Westboro Baptist wankers are going to picket his funeral.

Now THAT is an out of scale response.

bassman

23-Jun-2011, 05:26 PM

Yeah....WBC's comments are something to get excited over. Ebert's? Not so much.

darth los

23-Jun-2011, 05:30 PM

Also - the Westboro Baptist wankers are going to picket his funeral. :rolleyes:

http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/nwin.htm#Stunts_4369

Damn. Tell us how you really feel.

:cool:

Mr.G

24-Jun-2011, 12:36 PM

Also - the Westboro Baptist wankers are going to picket his funeral. :rolleyes:

http://www.melonfarmers.co.uk/nwin.htm#Stunts_4369

Who keeps sponsoring these idiots? Do they have a chapter in every state or what? Now if a drunk driver really NEEDED to take someone out.....I kid, I kid!

shootemindehead

25-Jun-2011, 12:58 PM

130 MPH?!? Was he TRYING to die? I'll be shocked if alcohol didn't have a hand in this. Even if alcohol didn't play a part.....it looks like it's definitely a case of stupidity. I guess it makes sense. He died like he lived....a bufoon.

Agreed.

Natural selection in effect as far as I'm concerned. The stupid clown.

childofgilead

15-Jul-2011, 12:18 PM

"If Kim Kardashian died tommorrow from a dick overdose I'd call her a dumb whore and move on, because that's what she was."

New Sig!

LouCipherr

15-Jul-2011, 06:47 PM

"If Kim Kardashian died tommorrow from a dick overdose I'd call her a dumb whore and move on, because that's what she was."

New Sig!

That has to be the funniest goddamn thing I've ever read here on HPotD! :lol: :lol:

+100 for darth los. :D

Mike70

16-Jul-2011, 04:33 PM

i just checked out the details of this story. .196 blood alcohol level + 911 GT3 going about 130 mph + tree= extremely bad news. I've never been a fan of jackass, which i think is very aptly named, but dude was only 34 and this is sad news.

in my limited exposure to jackass, i always thought this guy was the best & funniest of the lot.

MinionZombie

17-Jul-2011, 10:00 AM

Apparently it was a modified GT3 as well. Very light, very fast, and prone to fishtailing. I've read that the speed was more like 155mph too. Plus they were about a block away from their destination (Bam has speculated that they missed their turn-off - so if that was the case, you'd be trying to bring a very light car down from a vast speed and make a turn at the same time - that's just not going to happen - and it was a mistake that cost two lives). Dunn was definitely one of the funniest of the gang, if not the funniest - he had a really good sense of humour and sharp, sarcastic wit about him.

I saw an interview on E! or Entertainment Weekly, or something like that, and it was a video interview with Bam and his wife Missy. The dude looks absolutely wiped out. :(

As I've said before though, hopefully - at the very least anyway - young drivers who are also Jackass fans, will learn from Dunn's mistake. Don't drink and drive, and also - drive carefully. You're not just playing with your life, but those of all the other motorists around you - and what's more, think of those you'd be leaving behind.