Tragedy during filming of ‘Lone Ranger’ with Johnny Depp

 September 22, 2012
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A team member who was working for the new Johnny Depp film, ‘The Lone Ranger”, died Friday in Los Angeles.

The man apparently was preparing a water tank when he suffered a heart attack and drowned.

Emergency personnel were called to the scene and transferred by helicopter to a local hospital, but paramedics were unable to revive him and he was pronounced dead at the hospital.

According to TMZ: “The incident was seen as ‘natural death.’”

A representative of Walt Disney, and distributor of the film issued a statement: “We regret to confirm that a crew member of the film ‘The Lone Ranger’, died after being rushed to a local hospital. Our support is behind the investigation into the circumstances of this terrible event. “