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08-17-2017, 08:04 AM
The American stunt rider who died in Vancouver on Monday (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ryan-reynolds-heartbroken-over-death-of-stunt-rider-on-vancouver-set-of-deadpool-2-1.4246500) while shooting an action sequence for the film Deadpool 2 has been identified as SJ Harris, a 40-year-old from New York City.
Harris died in a motorcycle accident after she crashed through a window in Shaw Tower near Jack Poole Plaza.
According to the BC Coroners Service, Harris's family will issue a statement later today.
Friend of stuntwoman SJ Harris says she 'died doing what she loved' (http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-edition-1.4247827/friend-of-stuntwoman-sj-harris-says-she-died-doing-what-she-loved-1.4247831)
Deadpool 2 was Harris's first gig as a stuntwoman. Her manager, Porsche Taylor, described her as a "trailblazer" in motorcycle road racing.
"Once she got on the track, she fell in love with it. And she was surprised that there weren't very many women who were racing and no women of colour, or no African-American women, in particular," Taylor said in an interview (http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-edition-1.4247827/friend-of-trailblazing-stuntwoman-sj-harris-says-she-died-doing-what-she-loved-1.4247831) Tuesday with As It Happens.
"She was excited to be able to break some new ground."
Harris began riding in 2009 and received her race licence in May 2013. She started competing in 2014, racing in the American Sportbike Racing Association Championship Cup Series.
"SJ was super competitive on the track," Taylor recalled. "She would race with men as well as women — and often give as good as she got."
Harris died in a motorcycle accident after she crashed through a window in Shaw Tower near Jack Poole Plaza.
According to the BC Coroners Service, Harris's family will issue a statement later today.
Friend of stuntwoman SJ Harris says she 'died doing what she loved' (http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-edition-1.4247827/friend-of-stuntwoman-sj-harris-says-she-died-doing-what-she-loved-1.4247831)
Deadpool 2 was Harris's first gig as a stuntwoman. Her manager, Porsche Taylor, described her as a "trailblazer" in motorcycle road racing.
"Once she got on the track, she fell in love with it. And she was surprised that there weren't very many women who were racing and no women of colour, or no African-American women, in particular," Taylor said in an interview (http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-edition-1.4247827/friend-of-trailblazing-stuntwoman-sj-harris-says-she-died-doing-what-she-loved-1.4247831) Tuesday with As It Happens.
"She was excited to be able to break some new ground."
Harris began riding in 2009 and received her race licence in May 2013. She started competing in 2014, racing in the American Sportbike Racing Association Championship Cup Series.
"SJ was super competitive on the track," Taylor recalled. "She would race with men as well as women — and often give as good as she got."