Actor Paul Walker , famous for the Fast and Furious series, died in a car accident in California. His representatives confirmed his death via the star's official Facebook page. The first website to report the news was TMZ.
Walker was in Santa Clarita, California, for a charity event and was involved in an accident in a colleague's Porsche Carrera GT – he was in the passenger seat; the driver also died. The car crashed into a tree and caught fire with both of them inside. The event they were attending was a benefit for a typhoon relief fund in the Philippines.
Paul Walker was 40 years old, born in Glendale, California, and starred in films such as Timeline, Running Scared, and Joy Ride, in addition to the Fast and Furious series. Fast and Furious 7, the next film in Universal's most profitable franchise, was being filmed in the United States, and the actor had already secured an eighth film in the series.
Via: Omelete