It was another day in paradise, until this man fell off a stage. His injuries killed him.<\/p>\n
Disney World is a place of laughter and fun; a place for kids and happy families, and a place where actors get to live their dreams on stage. Such was the case with Mark Priest, a 47-year-old Disney World actor, playing a pirate.<\/p>\n
As a pirate, Priest got to be on stage and take part in an interactive pirate show for the kids and also lead park guests through a variety of pirate skills tests. \u201cHe was in the middle of a mock sword fight when he slipped on a wet spot on the stage. He catapulted head first into a wall, resulting in a broken vertebra in his neck and a head laceration that needed 55 stitches,\u201d recounted Daren Monroe, Litigation Funding Corporation, Southfield, Michigan.<\/p>\n
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