John Hagen Bernecker (March 2, 1984 – July 13, 2017) was an American stunt performer.
During rehearsal of a stunt, Bernecker fell 20 feet (6.1 m) onto a concrete floor, missing a placed safety cushion by "inches",[3] and sustained a severe head injury.
[6] Tributes were paid by people Bernecker worked with, including Walking Dead stars Norman Reedus, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan.
A dedication was also made in his memory in the credits for the series finale of Turn: Washington's Spies.
[10] The jury trial was held in December 2019,[11] with the jury awarding Bernecker's family US$8.6 million in damages after finding that TWD 8, AMC's production company, and Stalwart Films were negligent in Bernecker's death, while clearing AMC of any wrongdoing.