EMINEM stunt double Ryan Shepard has died at age 40 after getting hit by oncoming traffic.
Shepard unexpectantly lost his life when a pickup truck hit him while he was trying to cross the street, Shepard’s brother Kyle told TMZ.
1
Shepard died in the hospital after the accident that occurred in Washington at the end of January.
Back in the early 2000s, Shepard acted as Eminem’s student double and photo double.
He appeared at the MTV Movie Awards as Eminem’s superhero character, Rap Boy.
Read Related Also: Kentucky transgender bill hits a roadblock
Shepard also took the stage with Eminem for his 2002 Anger Management Tour and on his Japan and Europe tour the year after.
Besides live music, Shepard also appeared in D12’s music video for Purple Hills as Eminem’s stunt double.
Shepard wasn’t only a star in the music industry, his brother Kyle told the outlet that he was incredibly intelligent.
He worked at Disney as a ride mechanical engineer and then joined Elon Musk’s SpaceX company as a test automation engineer.
Shepard is survived by his two children, a 7-year-old and an 11-year-old.
More to follow…For the latest news on this story, keep checking back at Sun Online.The-sun.com is your go-to destination for the best celebrity news, sports news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures, and must-see videos. Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TheSunUS and follow us from our main Twitter account at @TheUSSun.
!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?
n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;
n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′;n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;
t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,
document,’script’,’
fbq(‘init’, ‘752905198150451’);
fbq(‘track’, “PageView”);
