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Don Whipple (20 May 1960 – 9 January 2007; age 46) was the dolly grip on Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
Whipple's other credits include being best boy grip on The Deer Hunter (1978) and working as a dolly grip on Cobra (1986), The Great Outdoors (1988), and Out for Justice (1991). He was also a co-grip on Zoot Suit (1981, with Star Trek: Voyager star Robert Beltran).
Whipple passed away in 2007, aged 46.