Get the latest gossip
Toni Vaz Dies: NAACP Image Awards Founder, Stunt Performer & Actor Was 101
Toni Vaz, an actor-turned-pioneering stunt performer who founded the NAACP Image Awards, died October 4 at the MPTF campus near Los Angeles. She was 101.
Her reps at Katie Kornfield Communications told Deadline that Vaz died October 4 at the Motion Picture Fund campus in Woodland Hills but did not provide other details. Vaz performed stunts for such groundbreaking actors as Cecily Tyson — standing in for the star on Mission: Impossible — Eartha Kitt and Juanita Moore. Later in life, Vaz remained very active and participated in many MPTF Studios productions, including an episode of Behind the Silver Screen devoted to her career.
Or read this on Deadline
