Several years ago, my late grandfather saw a TV report of something like this happening elsewhere in South America.

Could the role of Judas be cursed? 

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A Brazilian actor playing Judas who accidentally hanged himself during a scene in "The Passion of Christ" has died.

A hospital in Brazil's Sao Paulo state confirms on its website the death of 27-year-old Tiago Klimeck. An autopsy is being performed Monday following his death the previous day.

The actor had been in a coma since the accident on Good Friday earlier this month in the city of Itarare.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/04/23/actor-playing-judas-dies-after-accidentally-hanged-self-in-passion-play/?test=latestnews#ixzz1ssNztVRD

I remember that as well, because when the theater I was with proposed doing the play, no one wanted the part, that's when someone produced a list of death.
So I found where Snopes had printed it out as well.

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/onstage.asp

Quote from: Solar on April 23, 2012, 08:16:43 AM
I remember that as well, because when the theater I was with proposed doing the play, no one wanted the part, that's when someone produced a list of death.
So I found where Snopes had printed it out as well.

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/onstage.asp

Another interesting bit of trivia. A church in NC had twelve trees named for the twelve apostles, and the Judas tree was struck by lightning.

It's near the bottom of the page.
http://www.historicalbemarletour.org/north-carolina-plymouth.htm

Quote from: CubaLibre on April 23, 2012, 10:24:48 AM
Another interesting bit of trivia. A church in NC had twelve trees named for the twelve apostles, and the Judas tree was struck by lightning.

It's near the bottom of the page.
http://www.historicalbemarletour.org/north-carolina-plymouth.htm