Ronnie Rondell Jr. died, who was the man on fire by Pink Floyd

At the age of 88, Ronnie Rondell Jr., Stuntman of Hollywood who had worked in films such as “The conquest of the West”, “Matrix Reloaded”, and in TV series such as “Mod Squad”, “Baretta” and “Charlie’s Angels”, passed away. Last Tuesday 12 August in a residence for the elderly in Osage Beach, Missouri, as the family announced and reported by the “Hollywood Reporter”, Ronnie Rondell Jr. is known to fans of Pink Floyd as the on fire business man on the cover of the 1975 album “Wish You Were here”.

To create the shot for the artwork of the legendary British band, Ronnie Rondell Jr. wore a fireproof layer under the suit, thus being sprinkled with petrol to be set on fire. The idea was to represent two musical managers, one of whom “burned” by a deal. For the success of photography, the procedure was repeated 15 times. During the last attempt, “the flames folded up and burned his mustache for a moment”, remembered Storm Thorgerson of the Hipgnosis team in the documentary “Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were here” of 2012. Rondell, who rolled on the ground before the fire was turned off, remembered: “There is a nice thing in the fire. Do, you move by force. “

Born in Hollywood on February 10, 1937 and raised in a family of stuntman, he often went to the film sets with his father, Ronald R. Rondell, who had appeared and then director of the director in films such as “Around the world in 80 days” and in television programs such as “Bachelor Father” and “The Jack Benny Show”.

Just recently, the cover of “Wish You Were here” inspired the images with Donald Trump in flames while holding his hand in Putin.