A horrible loss. Jennifer Aniston is paying tribute to a Morning Present digital camera assistant, Gunnar Mortensen, following his tragic dying on Monday, July 4. He was 39.
“This previous week we out of the blue and tragically misplaced Gunnar Mortensen,” the Mates alum, 53, wrote through Instagram Story on Thursday, July 7. “One of many brilliant lights on our @themorningshow set. As a digital camera assistant, he was so expert and devoted to his job.”
The Golden Globe winner additionally included a hyperlink to a GoFundMe web page, which was created by Mortensen’s union ICG Native 600 to assist his spouse, Keely, and their son Lars, 2, “throughout this tough time.”
The web site, which has since raised greater than $115,000, states that Mortensen tragically handed away following a motorbike accident earlier this week.
“We’re going to miss you Gunnar,” the Break Up star concluded her put up on Thursday, including a crimson damaged coronary heart emoji.
Along with the heartfelt dedication, Aniston hooked up two photos of the late Pennsylvania native – one along with his spouse and one other along with his little boy.
Based on Selection, Mortensen labored on varied movie crews all through his profession, together with Sharing Mavericks and Sons of Anarchy, whereas additionally instructing workshops for focus pullers.
Throughout a Zoom workshop in 2020, Mortensen shared particulars about how he acquired his begin within the leisure enterprise, revealing that he labored for $100 a day earlier than he was capable of be a part of a union.
The Morning Present, which premiered in November 2019, is predicated on Brian Stelter’s 2013 e-book High of the Morning: Contained in the Cutthroat World of Morning TV. It follows daytime TV host Alex Levy (Aniston) as she struggles to determine her subsequent steps after her longtime coanchor Mitch (Steve Carrell) is fired following claims of sexual misconduct.
The present additionally options Reese Witherspoon as Bradley Jackson, a younger outspoken journalist who’s introduced in to show the community the wrong way up, with Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass and Karen Pittman in supporting roles.
“I’m sitting down and doing a desk learn with Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon,” Pittman, 46, solely advised Us Weekly in January 2020 of the surreal expertise engaged on the critically acclaimed Apple TV+ collection. “I knew Billy Crudup earlier than we began, nevertheless it was superior to be sitting down with these unbelievable actors, it’s like a dream come true.”
The present returned for a second season in September and was renewed for a 3rd installment in February, nonetheless, a launch date has not but been introduced.
