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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLSHocgyck4?rel=0 CALAIS, Maine — Authorities said a 22-year-old man died after he launched a firework off the top of his head o ...

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” ...

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.

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 ...

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Devon Staples played a number of beloved characters while working at Walt Disney World, said his father, Russell Staples — Goofy, Baloo the Bear and Gaston. Photos of the strapping Staples, 22, ...

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 ...