Amanda Whurlitzer actress dies at 20 in car crash

Sammi Kane Kraft, who played Amanda in "Bad News Bears" died in a car crash.

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"Real-life athlete Sammi Kane Kraft, whose baseball skills and 70 mph fastball landed her a role in the 2005 remake of "Bad News Bears," died in a car accident in Los Angeles Tuesday."

Sorry the link is so unmanageable.

 

And yet Tatum O'Neal lives.

 

So does Abe Vigoda.

RIP Sammi

 

Drunk drivers seem to always live. Sad.

 

The Bad News Bears remake was very forgettable. As best I can tell, she went back to a normal high school life after making the movie. It seemed like she was a pretty talented athlete, so I wondered if one way or another we'd hear about her again at some point. I guess she was also trying to get a music career going. That this was the first time most people had heard of her since the Bad News Bears is really tragic.

 

I knew they remade Bad News Bears, but had no idea who this chick was.

RIP.

 

Very sad. Drunk driving strikes again.

RIP.