Anton Yelchin.
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Anton Yelchin, a star of the Star Trek films, Alpha Dog, and Like Crazy, died Sunday in a freak accident. He was 27.

Yelchin's friends were worried when he didn't show up for a band performance early in the morning, and he was found at his home pinned between his car and a brick mailbox pillar, Variety reports. "It appears he had exited his car and was behind it when the vehicle rolled down a steep driveway," the Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.