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This Is for Pâu Wốc kờ: Paul William Walker IV

Paul Walker was an American actor known for his roles in films like The Fast and the Furious franchise. He began his career with guest roles on television shows before breaking out in teen movies in the late 1990s. Outside of acting, Walker founded a charity called Reach Out Worldwide that provided relief efforts during natural disasters. He had a passion for marine biology and starred in a documentary about great white sharks. Walker tragically died in a car accident in 2013 at the age of 40.

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This Is for Pâu Wốc kờ: Paul William Walker IV

Paul Walker was an American actor known for his roles in films like The Fast and the Furious franchise. He began his career with guest roles on television shows before breaking out in teen movies in the late 1990s. Outside of acting, Walker founded a charity called Reach Out Worldwide that provided relief efforts during natural disasters. He had a passion for marine biology and starred in a documentary about great white sharks. Walker tragically died in a car accident in 2013 at the age of 40.

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Paul William Walker IV[2] (September 12, 1973 November 30, 2013) was an American actor who
began his career guest-starring in several television shows such as The Young and the
Restless and Touched by an Angel. Walker gained prominence with breakout roles in coming-ofage and teen films such as She's All That and Varsity Blues. In 2001, Walker gained international
fame for playing Brian O'Conner, one of the leadprotagonists in the street racing action film The Fast
and the Furious, and would reprise the role in five of its six sequels. He was also in films such
as Eight Below, Timeline, Into the Blue, Joy Ride and Running Scared.
Outside of acting, Walker was the face of The Coty Prestige fragrance brand Davidoff Cool Water for
Men, and starred in the National Geographic Channel series, Expedition Great White. He also
founded the charityReach Out Worldwide (ROWW), an organization providing relief efforts for areas
affected by natural disasters.
Walker died in a single-car accident on November 30, 2013, alongside friend Roger Rodas. Three of
his films were released posthumously: Hours, Brick Mansions, and Furious 7, which was released on
April 3, 2015 in the United States and the United Kingdom. The song "See You Again" by Wiz
Khalifa from the Furious 7 soundtrack was a tribute to Walker.

Walker then starred in the crime thriller Running Scared and Walt Disney Pictures' Eight Below, both
released in 2006. Eight Below garnered critical-acclaim and opened in first place at the box office,
grossing over US$20 million during its first weekend.[14] During the filming of Running Scared,
director Wayne Kramer stated that "[Walker] is that guy on some level"[15] when comparing Walker
with his character in the movie, Joey Gazelle. Kramer continued on to say that he "loved working
with [Walker] because as a director he's completely supportive of my vision of what the film is. And
even better, he's completely game for it.
He held a brown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Ricardo "Franjinha" Miller at Paragon Jiu-Jitsu[28] and
was awarded with his black belt by Miller posthumously.[29]
Walker held an interest in marine biology; he joined the Board of Directors of The Billfish Foundation
in 2006.[30] He fulfilled a lifelong dream by starring in a National Geographic
Channel series Expedition Great White(later retitled Shark Men), which premiered in June 2010.[31]
[32]

He spent 11 days as part of the crew, catching and tagging seven great white sharks off the coast

of Mexico. The expedition, led by Chris Fischer, founder and CEO of Fischer Productions, along with
Captain Brett McBride and Dr. Michael Domeier of the Marine Conservation Science Institute, took
measurements, gathered DNA samples, and fastened real-time satellite tags to the great white
sharks. This allowed Dr. Domeier to study migratory patterns, especially those associated with
mating and birthing, over a five-year period of time. [33]

In March 2010, Walker went to Constitucin, Chile to offer his help and support to the people injured
in the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck on February 27. He flew with his humanitarian aid team,
Reach Out Worldwide, to Haiti to lend a helping hand to the 2010 Haiti earthquake victims.[34]

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