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Kenny Endoso (22 July 194010 August 2010; age 70) was a stuntman, stunt actor, and second unit director who performed stunts in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and Star Trek: First Contact.

Endoso was born as Kenneth Gordon Endoso in Hilo, Big Island, Hawaii, USA. In 2007 he was nominated for a Taurus World Stunt Award for best stunt with a car in Deja Vu.

Endoso's stunt career spans nearly 130 films, including Blazing Saddles (1974), The Blues Brothers, Beverly Hills Cop, Big Trouble in Little China (1986), The Hitcher (1986), Die Hard (1988), Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Die Hard 2 (1990), Total Recall (1990), Thelma & Louise (1991), Patriot Games (1992), True Lies (1994), Seven (1995), Waterworld (1995), Stuart Baird's Executive Decision (1996), Armageddon (1998), Blade (1998), Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), The Fast and the Furious (2001), and Collateral. As an actor, he made guest appearances on such television series as Daniel Boone, Here's Lucy, Kung Fu, and The Fall Guy and films like The Great Bank Robbery, Blazing Saddles, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Big Trouble in Little China, Heat, and Charlie's Angels.

Endoso passed away on 10 August 2010 in Burbank, California after he lost his six year battle against cancer. [1] [2]

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