18 Facts About Ryan Dunn

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Ryan Matthew Dunn was an American stunt performer, television personality, actor and comedian.

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Ryan Dunn was best known as one of the stars of the MTV reality stunt show Jackass and its film franchise.

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Ryan Dunn hosted the TV series Homewrecker and Proving Ground, and he appeared in the feature films Blonde Ambition and Street Dreams as well as in Margera's films Haggard and Minghags.

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Ryan Dunn grew up in Williamsville, New York, before moving to West Chester, Pennsylvania, where he went to West Chester East High School and where he met fellow Jackass star Bam Margera on the first day of school.

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Ryan Dunn took part in the characteristic stunts that made Jackass famous, and featured in five released films, Jackass: The Movie, Jackass Number Two, Jackass 2.5, Jackass 3D, and Jackass 3.5.

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Ryan Dunn later went on a tour with Don Vito called "The Dunn and Vito Rock Tour" for which the DVD was released on March 20,2007.

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Ryan Dunn is featured in a movie called Street Dreams which was released in spring 2009.

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Ryan Dunn co-starred along with Rob Dyrdek and Paul Rodriguez Jr.

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Ryan Dunn was featured on a show with fellow Jackass star Bam Margera about them traveling through Europe in a Viva la Bam-like show called Bam's World Domination for Spike.

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Ryan Dunn appeared in Jackass 3D, which was released on October 15,2010.

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Ryan Dunn co-hosted G4's Proving Ground along with Jessica Chobot, which made its premiere on June 14,2011, six days before his death.

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At the time of his death, Ryan Dunn was working on the film Welcome to the Bates Motel.

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Ryan Dunn had several tattoos of Cuturic, including in his inner arm and left ring finger.

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Ryan Dunn dropped straight onto his shoulder, causing damage to the muscles and leading to a blood clot that was at one point life-threatening, due to its proximity to his heart and brain.

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Ryan Dunn eventually returned to the Jackass cast in the production of Jackass 3D and Jackass 3.5 later saying that he was happy to rejoin the cast and had more enjoyment working on Jackass 3D than any previous film endeavors.

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Hours before the crash, Ryan Dunn had posted a photo to his Twitter account of himself and Hartwell drinking at the bar.

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The plaintiffs claim that Ryan Dunn displayed negligence and recklessness in failing to have his vehicle under adequate and proper control, operating his vehicle under the influence of alcohol, operating his vehicle at an excessive speed and violently veering off a road and into a tree, among other alleged transgressions.

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Ryan Dunn came in at number three in top trending searches of 2011 on Google's Zeitgeist report following his death.