Hollywood icon dies aged 101 bringing trailblazing career to an end

Actor and stunt performer Toni Vaz was surviving successful the Hollywood based status assemblage successful Woodland Hills, a residence created by the charitable organisation Motion Picture Fund

Hollywood fable and groundbreaking stuntwoman Toni Vaz has died aged 101.

The prima passed distant connected October 4 astatine the Motion Picture Fund status assemblage successful Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, but Vaz's origin of decease was not confirmed.

An histrion originally, past a pioneering stunt performer, Vaz besides founded the NAACP Image Awards, arsenic portion of her unthinkable career.

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