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While most aspiring actors may dream of playing superheroes and landing dramatic speaking roles, Chuck Lamb saw an opportunity elsewhere: playing a dead body. Lamb has become famous for playing dead people on screen. Throughout his acting career, he's been strangled, ripped apart by a cursed turkey, and killed by a ghost. But now after 12 years in the business, the 60-year-old has decided to say goodbye to playing dead. He blames a back injury for his retirement."I've had four back surgeries now," said Lamb, in an interview with As It Happens guest host Rosemary Barton."Some of the things that they ask me to do, I just can't do anymore. Even like flying out to L.A. really hurts."
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While most aspiring actors may dream of playing superheroes and landing dramatic speaking roles, Chuck Lamb saw an opportunity elsewhere: playing a dead body. Lamb has become famous for playing dead people on screen. Throughout his acting career, he's been strangled, ripped apart by a cursed turkey, and killed by a ghost. But now after 12 years in the business, the 60-year-old has decided to say goodbye to playing dead. He blames a back injury for his retirement."I've had four back surgeries now," said Lamb, in an interview with As It Happens guest host Rosemary Barton."Some of the things that they ask me to do, I just can't do anymore. Even like flying out to L.A. really hurts."