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Dorothy Hoffner, a 104-year-old woman from Chicago in the US, has passed away after performing an impressive parachute jump with which she broke the record for the oldest person to do so.
Dorothy was initially very happy about her historic jump earlier this month in Chicago. She and the instructors took the plane to northern Illinois, rising to an altitude of about 5,000 meters.
The elderly woman, well connected with her instructor, jumped out of the plane together to enjoy a few seconds of free fall, until the parachute opened.
They spent a total of seven minutes in the air before gently falling to the ground at the Skydive Chicago skydiving park, where the seventy-year-old happily expressed that "age is just a number".
Dorothy told the Chicago Sun-Times Network: “What does age matter to what I'm doing? I am 104 years old, so what?”
A Guinness World Records spokesman said they were looking into verifying whether Dorothy's attempt met the criteria.
The previous record for such a throw was held by 103-year-old Linnéa Ingegärd Larsson of Sweden, who completed the throw in May last year.
But sadly Dorothy will no longer be around to see if she has won the record, as she was found dead in her room at Brookdale Lake View nursing home days after the jump.
Joe Conant, a friend of Dorothy's, said the 104-year-old had died in her sleep on October 8, as tributes poured in for the brave woman.
He told the AP News Network: “She was unstoppable. She wasn't like the others who slept in the afternoon and was always active."
While skydiving group Skydive Chicago said in a statement: "We are deeply saddened by Dorothy's passing but honored to have been a part of achieving her skydiving record."
"Skydiving is an activity that many are afraid of, but Dorothy reminded us that it's never too late to discover the thrills."
Dorothy turned 105 in December, when she said she wanted to take off on a hot air balloon ride.
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