Stuntman Bob Yerkes, 92, has died, his family announced on October 1. He started his career as a circus acrobat (he actually ran away and joined the circus at 11) and was soon in the movies, doubling for stars (Paul Newman, Robert Duvall, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Christopher Lloyd, Della Reese) and playing killed-off or tumbling characters in such films and TV shows as Julia Misbehaves, Trapeze, Airport and Airport ’75, Earthquake, The Towering Inferno, 1941, Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, Ghostbusters, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Big Top Pee-wee, Twin Peaks, and Water for Elephants. He also played small non-stunt roles in a number of vehicles. Yerkes was also a stunt trainer, both for pros and for participants in various Circus of the Stars episodes.
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