'Star Trek' actor Anton Yelchin dies in car crash at age 27 [View all]
Source: Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anton Yelchin, a charismatic and rising actor best known for playing Chekov in the new "Star Trek" films, has died at the age of 27. He was killed in a fatal traffic collision early Sunday morning, his publicist, Jennifer Allen confirmed.
Yelchin started small with roles in indie films and various television shows, before breaking out in films like the crime thriller "Alpha Dog" and the teenage comedy "Charlie Bartlett." His biggest role to date has been in the rebooted "Star Trek" films — the third of which, "Star Trek Beyond" comes out in July.
Yelchin, an only child, was born in Russia. His parents were professional figure skaters who moved the family to the United States when Yelchin was a baby. Yelchin's family requests privacy at this time.
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This'll be rough with the big press push coming up for the cast over the next month as they range around the world. It'll become a partial celebration of Yelchin as well, which is definitely a plus. But I can't imagine the kind of mental exhaustion in having to work through the loss of someone you spend so much time with in this way, the "Theatrical family", and then move forward in the marketing of it.
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