Actor Christian Oliver, known for his roles in the films “Speed Racer” and “Saved by the Bell”, died along with his two daughters when a private plane crashed in the Caribbean Sea, local authorities said.
A small plane crashed into the ocean this Thursday “a few minutes after takeoff” near the island of Little Nevis, in the archipelago of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, police explained via social networks.
“There were three passengers on board: Christian Klepser (the actor’s real name) (…) and his two daughters,” the report clarifies.
Their bodies “were removed from the aircraft by Coast Guard personnel and subsequently examined by a medical examiner,” police added.
According to police, the plane took off from Bequia at 12:00 (8:00 Lisbon time) and was supposed to head to St. Lucia.
Christian Oliver was 51 years old and already had countless films and TV series in Germany and the USA.
Having become famous in the German TV series “The Cobra Alert”, he played supporting roles in major Hollywood productions such as “Speed Racer”, “Saved by the Bell”, “The Good German”, “Dal’kyrie” or “Indiana Jones”. and Marker of Fate,” reports the specialized page imdb.com.