Ryan Shepard, who acted as Eminem‘s stunt double within the early 2000s, has died … tragically dropping his life after getting hit whereas trying to cross the road.

Ryan’s brother Kyle tells TMZ … Ryan died in Washington on the finish of January after getting hit by an oncoming pickup truck. Emergency responders rushed him to a hospital, nevertheless it was too late.

Ryan labored not solely as Eminem’s stunt double but in addition as his photograph double and stand-in … showing on the MTV Film Awards as Eminem’s superhero character, Rap Boy.

He took the stage once more with the rapper for his 2002 Anger Administration Tour, and on his Japan and Europe tour the next 12 months — he additionally appeared in D12’s “Purple Hills” music video as Eminem’s double.

Kyle tells us Ryan was extremely clever … happening to work at Disney as a journey mechanical engineer, and ultimately shifting to Elon Musk‘s SpaceX as a check automation engineer.

Ryan leaves behind his 2 youngsters, a 7-year-old and an 11-year-old.

He was 40 years previous.