Ronnie Rondell, Stuntman Set on Fire for Pink Floyd Cover, Dies at 88

Ronnie Rondell Jr., a longtime Hollywood stuntman who was famously set on fire for a Pink Floyd album cover art, has died at 88.

His family announced the news, saying that he died Tuesday at a senior living facility in Osage Beach, Missouri. No cause of death was provided.

Rondell spent decades performing stunts in films like “How the West Was Won” (1962), “Lethal Weapon” (1987), and “The Matrix Reloaded” (2003), according to Billboard. To music fans, he’s mostly remembered for the iconic image of him set ablaze on the cover of Pink Floyd’s 1975 album “Wish You Were Here.”