Veteran stuntman Ronnie Rondell Jr, who was set on fire for the front cover of Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here album, has died, his family has said.

Rondell Jr, who performed in a host of Hollywood films, including How the West Was Won, Ice Station Zebra, Twister and The Matrix Reloaded, was 88.

He died at a care home in Osage Beach, Missouri, earlier this week, his family said in a statement posted on the Hedges-Scott-Millard funeral homes website.

Rondell Jr was pictured as a businessman on fire on the cover of the British rock band's multi-million-selling 1975 album.

His moustache was singed off during the shoot on the Warner Bros studio lot in Burbank, California, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Rondell Jr also racked up numerous TV credits and was known for taking on daring

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