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Levy For Dailymail.com Published: 18:56 EDT, 3 October 2024 | Updated: 19:00 EDT, 3 October 2024 e-mail 14 shares View comments Prolific Hollywood stuntman Bob Yerkes has died at the age of 92. Yerkes' colleague and fellow stunt performer Darlene Ava Williams confirmed Yerkes' death in Northridge, California as result of natural causes, according to The Hollywood Reporter .
Yerkes' contributions in show business span seven decades, as his first film came in an uncredited stunt role on the 1948 movie Julia Misbehaves. Among Yerkes' most notable career stunts included a scene in 1985's Back to the Future in which he rappelled down a cable from the clock tower while doubling for Christopher Lloyd's Dr. Emmett Brown character.
He returned to work in the third installment of the time travel franchise, 1990's Back to the Future Part III. Prolific Hollywood stuntman Bob Yerkes has died at the age of 92. Pictured in LA in 2013 Among Yerkes' most notable career stunts included a scene in 1985's Back to the Future in which he rappelled down a cable from the clock tower while doubling for Christopher Lloyd's Dr.
Emmett Brown character Yerkes' roots came through the circus, as he performed as a tightrope walker and trapeze aerialist, according to the outlet. Born Br.
