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 A 61-year-old man from Pittsburgh’s Lincoln Place neighborhood died from injuries he sustained Thursday night when he fell off a balcony in Mt. Lebanon during a break in filming the new movie about legendary children’s television host Fred Rogers, “You Are My Friend,” the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office said. 
 
 The office identified the man as James M. Emswiller. 
 
 Mt. Lebanon police said Emswiller fell a couple of stories to the ground from the balcony at an apartment building in the 700 block of Shady Drive East. He was taken by medics to UPMC Mercy in critical condition, where he died roughly an hour after the incident, officials said. 
 
 Mt. Lebanon police Chief Aaron Lauth said Emswiller may have suffered a medical event prior to falling over the brick wall surrounding the balcony. 
 
 The incident happened about 7:30 p.m. No one reported seeing Emswiller fall, but people did hear him hit the ground, the chief said. 
 
 “This is a devastating tragedy and the studio is investigating the matter. Our thoughts and prayers are with Jim’s loved ones, friends, and colleagues,” Sony’s TriStar Pictures division said in a statement. 
 
 Emswiller was involved in the sound production of the movie, which was shooting a scene Thursday night. 
 
 His IMDb page credits him as a sound mixer for an Untitled Mr. Rogers/Tom Hanks Project. 
 
 Film star Tom Hanks, who is playing Rogers in the movie, was at the site and later left. 
 
 Emswiller’s credits include sound work on the Pittsburgh-filmed movies “Jack Reacher,” “Abduction” and “Concussion.” He won an Emmy Award in 2015 for his work on the TV movie “Bessie,” which told the story of legendary blues performer Bessie Smith, his IMDb page said. 
 
 Rogers, a Latrobe native, was known worldwide for his television program, “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” which was produced at WQED-TV studios in Pittsburgh and aired from 1968 to 2001. Rogers died in in 2003. 
 
 The new movie is about the experience of Tom Junod, a journalist who profiled Rogers in an article for Esquire magazine in 1998. The movie is about the bond that developed between the two men. 
 
 The movie being filmed in Pittsburgh is described by TriStar as a “heart-warming story, a cynical journalist begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write a profile piece on the beloved icon and finds his perspective on life transformed.” 
 
 Staff writer Madasyn Czebiniak contributed. Bret Gibson and Joe Napsha are a Tribune-Review staff writers. You can contact Bret at bgibson@tribweb.com and Joe at 724-836-5252 or jnapsha@tribweb.com. ||||| Tom Hanks, shown here on the set of his upcoming film, is officially in Mister Rogers' red cardigan. (Photo: LACEY TERRELL) 
 
 A man working on the Mister Rogers film starring Tom Hanks has died after an on-set fall in Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania, located about 20 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. 
 
 Police said James Emswiller, 61, a sound mixer, was on a break between scenes around 7:30 p.m. EDT Thursday when he went over a brick wall on the balcony of an apartment building and fell two stories. 
 
 Upon arrival, officers, movie crew and a set medic attempted life saving measures, according to a release from Mount Lebanon Police obtained by USA TODAY. 
 
 Police Chief Aaron Lauth told WPX-TV that Emswiller, whose fall may have been triggered by some kind of medical issue, was transported to the University of Pittsburgh's medical center. His condition became critical and he died at approximately an hour after his fall. 
 
 The Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed his death to The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. An autopsy revealed the cause of death was blunt impact injuries to the head and torso. The manner of death was listed as an accident. 
 
 The newspaper reported that star Hanks, who plays Fred Rogers, was on the set Thursday, but left after the incident. Filming was canceled for the evening and remains on hold. 
 
 “This is a devastating tragedy and the studio is investigating the matter. Our thoughts and prayers are with Jim’s loved ones, friends, and colleagues,” Sony Pictures/Tri-Star Pictures, the studio making the film, said in a statement to USA TODAY. 
 
 The film is inspired by a real-life friendship between Rogers and journalist Tom Junod. Junod is depicted as a cynical scribe who begrudgingly accepts an assignment to write an Esquire profile on the iconic Mr. Rogers. He finds his life-perspective transformed in the process. 
 
 More: First photo of Tom Hanks as Mister Rogers emerges, red sweater and all 
 
 Contributing: The Associated Press 
 
 Read or Share this story: https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2018/10/11/man-critically-injured-set-mr-rogers-movie-tom-hanks/1609347002/ ||||| It’s a sad day on the set of the upcoming Mister Rogers movie. 
 
 James Emswiller, a 61-year-old member of the project’s sound production team, died Thursday night after falling two stories from a building where the movie was shooting, according to USA Today and the Associated Press. 
 
 Mt. Lebanon Chief of Police Aaron Lauth told PEOPLE hours before Emswiller died that the production member was “taking a break” when he collapsed and fell from the balcony of the building. 
 
 “Basically, he appears to have suffered from a medical emergency while on the balcony,” Lauth said at the time. “He was taking a break and smoking a cigarette when he fell.” 
 
 “He fell from the second story of the building. Other crew members were inside the building, but not on the balcony. They noticed he wasn’t there and saw him down on the ground,” he continued. 
 
 #BREAKING: Mt. Lebanon Police say they think James Emswiller stepped outside for a smoke break when he may have suffered a heart attack and fell from the balcony. The fall happened around 7:28 in Mt. Lebanon. His time of death was 10:36 at the hospital.@KDKA pic.twitter.com/rzvOKy7pSq — Meghan Schiller (@MeghanKDKA) October 12, 2018 
 
 Emswiller won an Emmy in 2015 for outstanding sound mixing for a limited series or a movie for HBO’s Bessie. 
 
 Tom Hanks, who is playing the beloved TV personality, was on set throughout the day, Lauth said. The AP reported Hanks was also on set at the time of the incident. 
 
 A rep for the actor did not immediately respond for PEOPLE’s request for comment. A spokesperson for Big Beach Films, the movie’s production company, also did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. 
 
 WATCH: Tom Hanks to Star as Mister Rogers in Upcoming Movie 
 
 The Oscar winner made headlines in late September when Sony Pictures released the first photo of the actor in costume as Fred Rogers. 
 
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 He was pictured smiling happily at the camera in a bright red sweater pulled over a buttoned-up shirt and tie over khaki pants — the familiar outfit Mr. Rogers is remembered for wearing. 
 
 The film will focus on Rogers’ unlikely friendship with award-winning journalist Tom Junod, who got to know the television personality while writing a 1998 profile on the star for Esquire magazine. 
 
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– Sad news out of Pennsylvania, where a biopic about Fred Rogers (aka "Mister Rogers") is filming. WPXI and the AP report that a 61-year-old crew member for You Are My Friend has died after falling off a second-story balcony at a Mount Lebanon apartment building. Police say James Emswiller, described as a sound mixer on his IMDb page, had gone out onto the balcony for a smoke in between shooting scenes for the film and apparently plummeted over the balcony's brick wall about 7:30pm Thursday. No one saw him fall, but others nearby heard a sound and soon discovered Emswiller on the ground below. "He appears to have suffered from a medical emergency while on the balcony," Mount Lebanon Chief of Police Aaron Lauth tells People. Emswiller was initially listed in serious condition, but he soon deteriorated and was pronounced dead at a local hospital about an hour after the fall. He had previously done work on The Avengers and Jack Reacher, per his IMDb creds; the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review notes he won an Emmy for the TV movie Bessie in 2015. "This is a devastating tragedy and the studio is investigating the matter," Sony Pictures/TriStar Pictures said in a statement to USA Today. Tom Hanks, who stars as Rogers, was reportedly on the set Thursday and left after the incident.