Staples was celebrating the 4th of July with friends in Maine on Saturday night when he allegedly put a fireworks mortar tube on top of his head and set it off. The firework exploded, killing him ...

A man died instantly after reportedly attempting to launch a firework from the top of his head while celebrating the Fourth of July. Devon Staples, 22, had been drinking with friends in a rear garden ...

22-year old Devon Staples was instantly killed on the Fourth of July when he accidentally set off fireworks from his head. He was making friends laugh with a mortar tube on his head and a lighter in ...

Devon Staples always wanted to make people happy, said those who knew him, but on Independence Day that special quality cost him his life. The 22 year-old died in a freak fireworks accident during a ...

Former Disney World performer Devon Staples died Saturday in a fireworks mishap during a Fourth of July celebration in Calais, Maine. He was 22. Staples, who played Gaston from “Beauty and the Beast” ...

Devon Staples, who used to perform as Gaston from Beauty and the Beast at Disney World, died on July 4 when he accidentally lit a firework on top of his head. Devon Staples’ brother, Cody Staples, ...

The 22-year-old Maine man who died after waving a lit firework near his head on Independence Day thought the mortar tube was a dud and was trying, like he always did, to just make his friends laugh.

CALAIS, Maine – The Disney actor who won hearts as “Gaston” has died in a fireworks incident over the weekend. According to the state Department of Public Safety, 22-year-old Devon Staples placed a ...

A former Walt Disney World employee has died after igniting fireworks on his head, multiple news outlets reported Sunday. Authorities said Devon Staples, 22, of Calais, Maine, was drinking at a party ...

A 22-year-old man who was drinking and celebrating the Fourth of July tried to launch a firework off the top of his head, killing him instantly, authorities said Sunday.Devon Staples and his friends ...

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