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Gerard Williams (20 May 196126 September 2017; age 56) was a stuntman who worked as stunt double for Michael Dorn on the Star Trek: The Next Generation second season episode "Where Silence Has Lease" and for actor Paul Winfield on the fifth season episode "Darmok". His one day stuntwork on 23 July 1991 on location at Bronson Canyon under stunt coordinator Dennis Madalone for "Darmok" included falls and a fight with fellow stuntman Rex Pierson. Williams is the brother of fellow stuntwoman Rita Minor.

Born in 1961 in Alexandria, Louisiana, his family moved to Los Angeles, California in 1963 where he attended the Clyde Woodworth Elementary School, Albert Monroe Middle School, Morningside High School, and Grambling High School where he graduated in 1979. He then attended Grambling State University where he graduated with a degree in business management.

Williams started to work in the stunt business in the late 1980s with performances in films such as Penitentiary III (1987, with Lane Leavitt), Satisfaction (1988, with David LeBell), Action Jackson (1988, with Bobby Bass, Gary Baxley, Jophery C. Brown, Tony Brubaker, Bennie E. Moore, Jr., Paula Moody, and Julius LeFlore), Johnny Handsome (1989, with John Alden, Allan Graf, Bob Herron, Henry Kingi, Sr., and Bill McTosh), and Glory (1989).

He had featured stunt parts in Predator 2 (1990, along with Michael Papajohn), Marked for Death (1990), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991, with Jim Palmer), Boyz n the Hood (1991, with Ousaun Elam and Bob Minor), Universal Soldier (1992, with Bob Orrison, Peewee Piemonte, Hubie Kerns, Jr., and Dana Dru Evenson), Posse (1993), Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1993), Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995, with Tony Brubaker, Bob Minor, Terry Jackson, and Kim Washington), Heaven's Prisoners (1996, with Jophery C. Brown, Tony Epper, Maria Kelly, and Manny Perry), Fled (1996), Set It Off (1996), Major League: Back to the Minors (1998, starring Scott Bakula and Corbin Bernsen), the drama Unshackled (2000), and the comedy Stuck on You (2003, with Jeff Imada and Christopher Leps).

Williams died on 26 September 2017. [1] His celebration of Life was held on Tuesday 3 October 2017 at the Grace United Methodist Church in Covington, Georgia.

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