Alain Robert AKA Spider-Man

[the_engineer 1,415]

http://news.sky.com/...ies-in-accident

 

 

The guy who parachuted in the 2012 Olympics stadium dressed as James bond has died in a car accident .

 

I always thought it was Daniel Craig that parachuted in

Edited August 15, 2013 by Magere Hein
Post moved from topic "The Fringes of Fame/Family of the Famous"

[Lard Bazaar 3,800]

http://news.sky.com/...ies-in-accident

 

 

The guy who parachuted in the 2012 Olympics stadium dressed as James bond has died in a car accident .

 

I always thought it was Daniel Craig that parachuted in

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23707434

 

It wasn't a car accident.

[the_engineer 1,415]

http://news.sky.com/...ies-in-accident

 

 

The guy who parachuted in the 2012 Olympics stadium dressed as James bond has died in a car accident .

 

I always thought it was Daniel Craig that parachuted in

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23707434

 

It wasn't a car accident.

 

ah i see i misreading diving for driving haha.

[DevonDeathTrip 2,360]

Jenny Wallenda, matriarch of the Wallenda tightrope walking dynasty, has died aged 87. Both her husband and her father died by falling from a great height.

[YoungWillz 21,081]

Jenny Wallenda, matriarch of the Wallenda tightrope walking dynasty, has died aged 87. Both her husband and her father died by falling from a great height.

Mario Wallenda now dead too. http://wallenda.heraldtribune.com/2015/04/13/mario-wallenda-paralyzed-in-1962-circus-accident-dies/

[Sir Creep 7,070]

"Legendary" BASE jumper Dean Potter takes the plunge. Friend Graham Hunt tags along.

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http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/18/us/yosemite-base-jumpers-dean-potter-graham-hunt-deaths/

[Dr. Zorders 1,271]

"Legendary" BASE jumper Dean Potter takes the plunge. Friend Graham Hunt tags along.

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http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/18/us/yosemite-base-jumpers-dean-potter-graham-hunt-deaths/

I guess that's what you call deBASEing yourself.....

[DevonDeathTrip 2,360]

Portuguese thief Igor Dantas, better known as Spiderman due to his habit of climbing tall buildings and robbing unsuspecting apartment dwellers, has to his death after losing his grip at a crucial moment.

 

Footage of the fatal fall occurring is available online, for those of a more ghoulish disposition.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Portuguese thief Igor Dantas, better known as Spiderman due to his habit of climbing tall buildings and robbing unsuspecting apartment dwellers, has to his death after losing his grip at a crucial moment.

 

Footage of the fatal fall occurring is available online, for those of a more ghoulish disposition.

Belongs in Ironic Deaths, no?

Just post links to video deaths, we're all grown-ass men and women around here.

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[Rotten Ali 600]

I haven't checked the date on this but it fills a little hole...

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BwksvAKo7Jc

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Seems the right thread:

 

Oldest surviving (so far as I couldn't confirm a death) swimmers of the English Channel, every one primed to obit.

Eileen Fenton (b 1927-28)

Brenda Fisher (b 1927)

Marilyn Bell (Marilyn Grace Bell di Lascio, b 1935, lives in continuing care facility)

Jacques Amyot

Greta Anderson (b 1927 May)

June Gilbert (Spokes) (b abt 1936-37)

Georges Pourcelle

 

Listed in order of successful crossing.

2016 here we come

SirC

[Ulitzer95 12,692]

C. Gerald Forsberg died in 2000.
Abilio Couto died in 1998.
Paul Herron died in 2005.

A quick Google search would help.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

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C. Gerald Forsberg died in 2000.

Abilio Couto died in 1998.

Paul Herron died in 2005.

 

A quick Google search would help.

Quick Google search provides no such information on Forsberg.

Couto did die in 1998, as per a Wikipedia article in SPANISH (Portuguese?) -- no other source was found confirming.

Herron appears to have died in 2005 based solely on this obscure source (http://www.usms.org/people/000FW) and nowhere else on the Web.

Maybe Google.com.uk provides other links. Yeah, I doubt that.

so much for your 'quick google search' smug BS.

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[Guest Guest]

 

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C. Gerald Forsberg died in 2000.

Abilio Couto died in 1998.

Paul Herron died in 2005.

 

A quick Google search would help.

Quick Google search provides no such information on Forsberg.

Couto did die in 1998, as per a Wikipedia article in SPANISH (Portuguese?) -- no other source was found confirming.

Herron appears to have died in 2005 based solely on this obscure source (http://www.usms.org/people/000FW) and nowhere else on the Web.

Maybe Google.com.uk provides other links. Yeah, I doubt that.

so much for your 'quick google search' smug BS.

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http://bldsa.org.uk/about-us/tributes/commander-charles-gerald-forsberg-obe-rn/

[time 8,641]

BASE jumper Lucky Chance, dead at 31, following a jump.

[Rotten Ali 600]

BASE jumper Lucky Chance, dead at 31, following a jump.

I had a jump yesterday. I took my chance, and I felt fairly lucky...

[paulh85 101]

BASE jumper Lucky Chance, dead at 31, following a jump.

 

 

what an ironic name

[Spade_Cooley 9,562]

"Lucky Chance" isn't a name for a person, it's a name for trap 4 in the 3:13 at Monmore.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

A 10-METRE mistake by organisers nearly killed French free diving champion Guillaume Néry as he dived much deeper than expected.
His guide line on the dive off Cyprus had been set to 139metres rather than the 129m world record depth he was aiming for and he blacked out and nearly drowned as he came to the surface.

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Here's a pretty bad-ass video of one of his more successful dives. Enjoy!

[DevonDeathTrip 2,360]

Johnny Strange; lived fast and died young, killed in a wing-suit accident at the age of 23. PerezHilton boldly speculates about what might have happened:

 

[...] he died after something went wrong during one of his jumps.

 

 

Strange could have gone on the mountaineers thread as well, as he managed to ascend the Seven Summits by the time he was 17.

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Hope this is the proper thread.

 

Kelly McGarry of Nelson, 33, died on the Ben Lomond Track after falling from his bike about 4.14pm.

Paramedics from Queenstown were flown in to the track, but Mr McGarry died at the scene.

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https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/kiwi-mountain-biker-kelly-mcgarry-dies-of-suspected-heart-attack.html

[DevonDeathTrip 2,360]

Skydiver Luke Aikins is going to jump out of a plane from twenty thousand feet this weekend, without a parachute. He seems confident he'll land in the thoughtfully provided safety net without too much difficulty....

[Sir Creep 7,070]

Skydiver Luke Aikins is going to jump out of a plane from twenty thousand feet this weekend, without a parachute. He seems confident he'll land in the thoughtfully provided safety net without too much difficulty....

 

I think Aikins gonna be aching

[Sir Creep 7,070]

 

Skydiver Luke Aikins is going to jump out of a plane from twenty thousand feet this weekend, without a parachute. He seems confident he'll land in the thoughtfully provided safety net without too much difficulty....

 

I think Aikins gonna be aching

 

Interestingly another Aiken that was almost aching.

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[Paul Bearer 6,119]

Skydiver Luke Aikins is going to jump out of a plane from twenty thousand feet this weekend, without a parachute. He seems confident he'll land in the thoughtfully provided safety net without too much difficulty....

Landed safely. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36935087?ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook