CHICAGO (Gray News) – The 104-year-old woman who likely set a world record last week as the oldest person to skydive has died.
According to a report from the Chicago Tribune, Dorothy Hoffner died peacefully in her sleep Monday, just a week after her Oct. 1 skydive in Illinois.
“Age is just a number,” Hoffner told a crowd that day after touching down safely, the Chicago Tribune reported.
She jumped from 13,500 feet, with the dive lasting seven minutes.
Skydive Chicago shared video of Hoffner’s amazing landing.
A spokesperson for Skydive Chicago and the U.S. Parachute Association told the Chicago Sun-Times they were happy to know that the skydiving experience served as an amazing end cap to Hoffner’s “exciting, well-lived life.”
Hoffner would have turned 105 in December. Following her skydive, she said she had wanted to ride in a hot air balloon as her next adventure, according to the Associated Press.
Hoffner’s skydive was actually the second time she jumped from a plane. She first did it when she was 100.
Guinness World Records told WLS-TV they are reviewing the information to confirm Hoffner to be the oldest skydiver in history. The current record holder was set in May 2022 by 103-year-old Linnéa Ingegärd Larsson from Sweden.
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ASexual-Buff-Baboon on October 11st, 2023 at 00:55 UTC »
Good for her. Went out on a good note.
Unique_Display_Name on October 10th, 2023 at 23:45 UTC »
Love it! RIP inspirational woman.
HighQualityH20h on October 10th, 2023 at 22:44 UTC »
Unlike the passengers in her car....
(I'll show myself out)