No “Fast and Furious 7” for Paul Walker as he dies in motorcar accident

Paul Walker

The Fast and Furious star, Paul Walker, has died in a car crash. According to Reuters News, Actor Paul Walker, best known for his roles in the “Fast and the Furious” action movies, died on Saturday in a car crash in Southern California.

Walker, 40, who was in five of the six films about illegal street racing and heists, was a passenger in a friend’s car and was attending a charity event, according to a message linked to his Twitter account.

“Sadly, I must confirm that Paul did pass away this afternoon in a car accident,” Ame Van Iden, Walker’s publicist, said in an email.
Paul Walker was part of the rogue team that made the car racing franchise “Fast and Furious” an exciting must watch.

The last “fast and Furious” film, Fast & Furious 6 earned $238,679,850 in North America and $550,000,000 elsewhere for a worldwide total of $788,679,850. Worldwide, it is the forty-third highest-grossing film, the third highest-grossing 2013 film and the fourth highest-grossing Universal film. On the weekend of June 14–16, 2013, it became the highest-grossing film in the Fast and the Furious franchise worldwide, as well as separately in North America and outside North America.

In the “Fast and Furious” pictures, the blond-haired, blue-eyed actor played Brian O’Conner, a law enforcement official.

The first movie in the series, which stars Vin Diesel, was released in 2001, and a seventh was in development at the time of his death, Universal, the studio behind the franchise, said in a statement. The most recent film, released in May, was one of this year’s biggest box office hits.

Here are some messages from co-stars in the franchise.