David Kirke, the man who carried out the world's first-ever modern-day bungee jump, has died at 78, according to reports
Brian Brant is an Associate Editor, Human Interest, at PEOPLE. His work has previously appeared 1010 WINS/WCBS 880 and NewsBreak.David Kirke, the man who carried out the world's first-ever modern-day bungee jump, has died, according to reports. He was 78.
Kirke was launched into notoriety after he jumped off the 245-foot Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, England, on April 1, 1979, wearing a top hat and tails while he held a bottle of champagne, theTeen Falls to His Death While Climbing L.A. Bridge in Apparent Social Media Stunt: Police Following that feat, the "Dangerous Sports Club" performed bungee jump stunts at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, while another jump from the Royal Gorge Suspension Bridge in Colorado was aired on television, perin 2004: “What we hated was the way that formal sports had all these little, important bourgeois instructors saying, ‘You’ve got to get through five-part exams to do this.
The group would go on to conduct other mind-blowing stunts, like sliding down a grand piano from the slopes of St. Moritz in Switzerland and even jumping from mobile cranes and hot air balloons, according toSpeaking with the BBC, Kirke's family called him a "free spirit" who "would never have changed the life he led." They added, "He will be much missed.
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