Eminem stunt double Ryan Shepard dies after road accident

Eminem stunt double Ryan Shepard dies after road accident

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Eminem stunt double Ryan Shepard dies after road accident

Ryan Shepard, a former stunt double for Eminem, died after being hit by a pickup truck while trying to cross the street.

According to TMZ, Shepard, 40, had toured as a stand-in for the "Lose Yourself" rapper in his 2002 Anger Management Tour, and also flew into the MTV Movie Awards as the rapper’s superhero alter-ego Rapper Boy.

Eminem stunt double Ryan Shepard dies after road accident

His brother told TMZ that Ryan Shepard was rushed to a hospital following the tragic accident in Washington state last month but could not be resuscitated.

His brother added that Shepard went on to work as a mechanical ride engineer for Disney and a test automation engineer for SpaceX.