Overview

• His family announced this week that Rondell Jr. died at an Osage Beach, Missouri, senior living facility, with outlets reporting both August 10 and 12 as the date of death.
• Stunts Unlimited, which he co-founded in 1970, described him as a founding father and generous mentor.
• He amassed more than 200 film and television credits, retiring around 2000 and returning in 2003 for a car chase in The Matrix Reloaded.
• He was immortalized as the man set ablaze on Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here album cover, enduring 15 fire-soaked takes and briefly singeing his real mustache.
• He is survived by his wife Mary, son R.A. Rondell, multiple grandchildren, a great-grandchild and his brother Ric.