Among the seven main actors, Rosa Mendez Leza, Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen and Robert Vaughn all died while acting in the film. In this article, we’ll cover each person’s death and the reason why they died. The film has remained a classic to this day, and it’s well worth a viewing if you’re a fan of the movie.
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Rosa Mendez Leza
Rosa Mendez Leza was born in Veracruz, Mexico, and was active in the Mexican theater when she was younger. She later studied mime and worked with Marcel Marceau. In the 1960s, she married Julio Bracho, the director of “The Magnificent Seven.” Complete information about the survivors is not immediately available. However, the original film remains popular with fans of westerns and is a classic film. The movie was also remade in 2016 by Antoine Fuqua, but Petra was not included.
Rosenda Monteros is a Mexican actress best known for her role in The Magnificent Seven. She had a prolific career in the theater, and also won the Best Actress award in Classic Theater of the Golden Age. She also played Petra, a Mexican peasant girl in the 1960 film “The Magnificent Seven.” Rosenda Monteros had an impressive career in cinema both inside and outside of Mexico.
Yul Brynner
The original Magnificent Seven starred Yul Brynner as Chris Adams. The movie was a hit, and Brynner was an icon of cinema. He had a career spanning nearly half a century and starred in 43 movies. His breakthrough role was in the 1949 comedy, Port of New York, as the mercenary Paul Vicola. He died in 1985, at age 65.
Born on the Sakhalin Island, Yul Brynner was the son of a Mongolian mining engineer and a Gypsy woman. He spent his early childhood in Peking, and later went to Paris to visit his grandmother. He studied philosophy and acting under Michael Chekhov. In 1941, he moved to the United States with a touring troupe and began acting. In the late 1940s, he worked for CBS as a television director.
Steve McQueen
Actor Steve McQueen was a renowned American movie star and often considered “the King of Cool.” He became known for his “anti-hero” persona, developed during the Vietnam War era counterculture. In the 1960s, McQueen’s films were among the biggest box office draws, earning him an Academy Award nomination for his role in The Sand Pebbles. His other notable films included The Magnificent Seven and The Great Escape. In 1974, he was the highest-paid actor in the world. He did not act again for four years, despite becoming one of the highest-paid movie stars of all time.
The cause of Steve McQueen’s death was unclear. The actor had been diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma in December 1979. His treatment plan involved embracing controversial non-traditional cancer treatments. Kelley claimed that certain foods increase tumors while others bolster the body’s defenses. However, Kelley was not a trained oncologist and was only a licensed orthodontist, and his methods were ineffective for McQueen.
Robert Vaughn
During his life, Robert Vaughn had many roles and appeared in numerous TV shows. He recently finished his role on Law and Order SVU and was also in the starring role of the film Gold Star. In addition to his movie roles, Robert was also a notable guest star on Coronation Street in 2012. He starred alongside Stephanie Cole as Sylvia Goodwin and was the love interest of the show’s lead character. He died on January 8 at the age of 82.
After playing the gunman in The Magnificent Seven, Vaughn starred in two television series and three feature films. He was also cast as the father of Richard Dean Anderson in Emerald Point N.A.S. (1983), and also appeared in three films with Steve McQueen. His film career continued with his role as General James Bond in The Dark Knight (1985).
James Coburn
While his first role was as a knife-throwing mercenary in the 1960s Western classic The Magnificent Seven, James Coburn would soon find himself on the big screen. In the movie alongside Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen, Coburn played a mercenary who becomes a member of the Magnificent Seven. While Coburn’s lines were few in The Magnificent Seven, he still carved out a reputation as an imposing screen presence. In addition to The Magnificent Seven, Coburn starred in other Sturges films including the spoof James Bond film In Like Flint.
The original Magnificent Seven was a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai and was released in 1960. James Coburn was one of the few actors to have seen the Kurosawa original before he was cast in the movie. The movie’s cast was made up of a diverse group of up-and-coming actors, with Coburn being one of the seven who died in the original.