Italian actor Raphael
Schumacher has been declared clinically dead after he was strangled in a
stage hanging scene that went wrong.
The 27-year-old's family authorized the harvesting of his organs, and the
doctors have started the procedure, a spokesperson at Cisanello Hospital in Pisa told CNN on Friday.
Police
have launched an investigation into the incident and say they are trying
to establish whether proper safety procedures were in place.
According to Italian news agency ANSA, four people are under investigation for manslaughter in the actor's death.
Schumacher
was performing in an experimental theater production in the courtyard
of Pisa's Teatro Lux when a member of the audience noticed that the rope
around his neck was too tight.
The
actor's head was covered at the time, but the spectator -- a female
medical graduate -- saw him trembling and realized something was wrong.
She ran to him, loosened the noose, and with the help of another
spectator, lowered him to the ground. He was taken to hospital shortly
after..
Schumacher changed the play's script at the last minute, the directors of the theater company told Italian newspaper Il Giorno: "The original monologue included a fake gunshot but he eventually decided for the hanging -- without telling us."
The
play's scenes take place in different parts of the theater, with
spectators walking through them. Schumacher was performing in the
courtyard at the time of the incident.
CNN.com
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