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Born | Sequana Joi Harris December 11, 1976 |
Died | August 14, 2017
Downtown Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada | (aged 40)
Cause of death | Motorcycle accident |
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Sequana Joi Harris [1] (December 11, 1976 – August 14, 2017) [2] [3] was an American motorcycle road racer and stuntwoman. [4] She was the first African American woman licensed as a motorcycle road racer, racing professionally since 2014, while beginning motorcycling in 2009. [5] She died while filming a motorcycle stunt, doubling as "Domino" on the set of Deadpool 2, [6] when the bike she was riding crashed near the Rogers Tower. [7]
Harris promoted road racing to women and also the African American community. [5] She learned how to ride a motorcycle in 2009. [5] She started racing in 2012 [8] and gained her racing license in 2013. [6] She started racing professionally in 2014, becoming the first African American woman in motorcycle road racing to ever do so. [5] She then set up her own racing team, Threader Racing, racing as #24. [9] [10]
In 2017, she raced in the NJMP and SPR classes on the CCS circuit of ASRA [11] [12] where she had a win on the 2017 circuit. [13] [14] [15] [16]
Harris was on her first shoot as a stuntwoman, performing for Deadpool 2, in 2017. [7] On August 14, 2017, during filming, Harris was riding without a helmet in downtown Vancouver when she lost control of her bike, hit a curb, and was thrown into the Rogers Tower. She had been doubling for actress Zazie Beetz, playing Domino in Deadpool 2, [4] [7] [6] [8] [17] and died on the scene. [7] [2] This marked the second death in two months of a stunt performer in North America, following the July death of stuntman John Bernecker on the set of The Walking Dead TV series. [17] Deadpool 2 was dedicated to Harris. [18]
Joi Harris | |
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Born | Sequana Joi Harris December 11, 1976 |
Died | August 14, 2017
Downtown Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada | (aged 40)
Cause of death | Motorcycle accident |
Occupations |
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Years active |
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Sequana Joi Harris [1] (December 11, 1976 – August 14, 2017) [2] [3] was an American motorcycle road racer and stuntwoman. [4] She was the first African American woman licensed as a motorcycle road racer, racing professionally since 2014, while beginning motorcycling in 2009. [5] She died while filming a motorcycle stunt, doubling as "Domino" on the set of Deadpool 2, [6] when the bike she was riding crashed near the Rogers Tower. [7]
Harris promoted road racing to women and also the African American community. [5] She learned how to ride a motorcycle in 2009. [5] She started racing in 2012 [8] and gained her racing license in 2013. [6] She started racing professionally in 2014, becoming the first African American woman in motorcycle road racing to ever do so. [5] She then set up her own racing team, Threader Racing, racing as #24. [9] [10]
In 2017, she raced in the NJMP and SPR classes on the CCS circuit of ASRA [11] [12] where she had a win on the 2017 circuit. [13] [14] [15] [16]
Harris was on her first shoot as a stuntwoman, performing for Deadpool 2, in 2017. [7] On August 14, 2017, during filming, Harris was riding without a helmet in downtown Vancouver when she lost control of her bike, hit a curb, and was thrown into the Rogers Tower. She had been doubling for actress Zazie Beetz, playing Domino in Deadpool 2, [4] [7] [6] [8] [17] and died on the scene. [7] [2] This marked the second death in two months of a stunt performer in North America, following the July death of stuntman John Bernecker on the set of The Walking Dead TV series. [17] Deadpool 2 was dedicated to Harris. [18]