Stuntman Ronnie Rondell Jr. Passed Away Earlier This Week at the Age of 88 in A Nursing Home in the American State of Missouri, Reports The BBC . He is pretty known as the burning man on the album cover of wish you were here by the British band Pink Floyd.
Rondell Jr. Allowed himself to be immortalized in flames for the album cover of pink floyd in 1975. The title track Wish You Were Here and Shine on You Crazy Diamond Are the Best-Known Songs From That Album, or What Estimated 13 Million Copies Have Been Sold.
Photographer Aubrey Powell Said in an interview with the Guardian in 2020 That Rondell Jr. Dreaded the Photo Session for the album Cover because of the fire Hazard. On the fifteenth Attempt, the suffered minor burns to his face due to a gust of wind.
Rondell Jr. was Involved as a stuntman and stunt coordinator in Several films and television series Including Lethal Weapon , Thelma and Louise, Batman and Robin, Charlie’s Angels, Dynasty and Baywatch. The Stuntman Retired in 2001.