{"id":30787,"date":"2016-06-20T14:34:15","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T20:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=30787"},"modified":"2016-07-05T00:27:37","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T06:27:37","slug":"anton-yelchin-russian-jewish-star-trek-actor-crushed-to-death-by-own-car-at-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/anton-yelchin-russian-jewish-star-trek-actor-crushed-to-death-by-own-car-at-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Anton Yelchin, Russian-Jewish \u2018Star Trek\u2019 actor, crushed to death by own car at 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(JTA) \u2014 Russian-Jewish actor Anton Yelchin, who starred in the new \u201cStar Trek\u201d movies reboot, was killed\u00a0by his own car rolling down the driveway.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30788\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Anton-Yelchin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30788\" class=\"wp-image-30788 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Anton-Yelchin-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"&lt;&gt; on August 17, 2011 in Hollywood, California.\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Anton-Yelchin-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Anton-Yelchin.jpg 880w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/198;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30788\" class=\"wp-image-30788 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Anton-Yelchin-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"&lt;&gt; on August 17, 2011 in Hollywood, California.\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Anton-Yelchin-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Anton-Yelchin.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-30788\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anton Yelchin arriving to a screening of Dreamworks Pictures\u2019 \u201cFright Night\u201d in Hollywood, California, August 17, 2011. (Alberto E. Rodriguez\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Friends found Yelchin, 27, at his house Sunday pinned between his car and a brick pillar; the vehicle\u00a0was in neutral and running, TMZ reported.<\/p>\n<p>It is not known why Yelchin got out of the car, though police do not suspect foul play, according to the website.<\/p>\n<p>Yelchin starred as Chekov in the two latest \u201cStar Trek\u201d movies and will be seen in the third film in the series, \u201cStar Trek Beyond,\u201d set for release next month. A tribute to Yelchin was posted on the official Star Trek website.<\/p>\n<p>He also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0947338\/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm\">appeared<\/a> in films including \u201cLike Crazy,\u201d \u201cAlpha Dog,\u201d \u201cTerminator Salvation\u201d &#8220;Charlie Bartlett&#8221; and \u201cFright Night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yelchin, a native of St. Petersburg, immigrated to the United States with his family as an infant. 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