Death
Locklear and Elliott died in 1920 after an aerial maneuver while filming Locklear's second movie, The Skywayman. While filming the finale by night at De Mille Airfield near Los Angeles, Elliott was to dive the plane, carrying himself and Locklear, towards some oil derricks and appear to crash it. He forewarned the lighting crew to douse their lights when he got near the derricks, so that he could see to pull out of the dive; the lights remained full on, blinding him, and he crashed. The movie showed the crash and its aftermath in detail.
Viola Dana was in a relationship with Locklear at the time, and witnessed the crash. Dana describes Locklear's aerial accident in the "Hazards of the Game" episode of the documentary Hollywood.
Locklear and Elliott were buried in Fort Worth after huge funeral ceremonies, both there and in Los Angeles.
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