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‘Star Wars’ and ‘Back to the Future’ stuntman Bob Yerkes dead at 92

wrote on Facebook.“Bobby opened the door to his home and backyard to everyone that either needed a place to stay or to train for a job.”In “Back to the Future,” Yerkes served as a stunt double for Christopher Lloyd in the iconic scene that saw him slide down a clock tower cable in the hit 1985 cult favorite.In “Star Wars,” the stuntman flew as intergalactic bounty hunter Boba Fett in the 1983 film “Return of the Jedi.” The stunt was filmed in his backyard.“Bobby knew my parents before I was born and knew me as a kid growing up in the circus,” Williams continued in her tribute.“At one time, long before me, my dad and Bob performed in a flying trapeze act together in the circus. As a kid I remember visiting his backyard.
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