‘Hair’ Star Treat Williams Dies In Motorcycle Accident At 71

Treat Williams died on Monday around 4:50 p.m. after crashing his motorcycle when a car cut him off. 

The fire chief of Dorset, Vermont reported that a car was making a turn and didn’t see Williams on his motorcycle. This caused Williams to be thrown off the vehicle where he sustained fatal injuries. The Manchester Fire Department was called, and they airlifted Williams to the hospital in Albany, New York. 

He was pronounced dead after he arrived at the hospital due to his injuries. 

The Manchester Fire Department posted on Facebook which included a photo of an ambulance and helicopter. They commented, “6/12/23 Monday – 5:50 p.m LifeNet of New York air ambulance and Manchester Northshire Rescue Squad at the Manchester Public Safety Facility Landing Zone. A patient from a motor vehicle/motorcycle accident in Dorset is being airlifted to a regional medical center. MFD assisted in this Mutual Aid incident.”

The Vermont State Police released a statement regarding the incident. “A southbound 2008 Honda Element driven by Ryan M. Koss, 35, of Pownal, Vermont, attempted to turn left into a parking lot,” the statement read. “Initial investigation indicates the Element stopped, signaled a left turn, and then turned into the path of a northbound 1986 Honda VT700c motorcycle operated by Williams. Williams was unable to avoid a collision and was thrown from his motorcycle. He suffered critical injuries and was airlifted to Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York, where he was pronounced dead.” 

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Williams’s first gig was as an understudy for Danny Zuko in the Broadway show Grease. The first movie he starred in was shortly after in 1975 when he acted in Deadly Hero as Billings. In 1979, he got the role of George Berger in Hair and he received a Golden Globe nomination. He starred in many other TV shows and movies including Everwood, The Deep End of The Ocean, Deep Rising, Second Act, Barefoot, Blue Bloods and Chicago Fire. He was nominated for 14 various awards and won a Boston Film Festival Award for The Etruscan Smile. 

Williams leaves behind his wife, Pam Van Sant, and their two children, Gill Williams and Elinor Williams.