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Showbiz grizzly bear kills trainer-stuntman

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A 700-pound grizzly bear attacked and killed a Canyon Country man at a compound near Big Bear Lake that trains wild animals for movies and television work.

Times staff writer Paul Pringle reports:

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For unknown reasons, the bear lunged at 39-year-old Stephan Miller, a trainer at Randy Miller’s Predators in Action, about 3 p.m. Tuesday and bit him in the neck, said sheriff’s spokeswoman Cindy Beavers. Miller was pronunced dead at the scene.

Miller was a trainer at Predators in Action, a business whose website says the bear appeared in the recent Will Ferrell movie ‘Semi-Pro.’ The website also says it has ‘the best-trained grizzly bears in the business today.’

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