Dorothy Hoffner, a 104-year-old Chicago woman whose recent skydive could see her certified by Guinness World Records as the oldest person to ever jump from a plane, has died.
Hoffner’s close friend, Joe Conant, said she was found dead Monday morning by staff at the Brookdale Lake View senior living community. Conant said Hoffner apparently died in her sleep on Sunday night.
Conant, who is a nurse, said he met Hoffner — whom he called Grandma at her request — several years ago while he was working as a caregiver for another resident at the senior living center. He said she had amazing energy and remained mentally sharp.
“She was indefatigable. She just kept going,” he said Tuesday. “She was not someone who would take naps in the afternoon, or not show up for any function, dinner or anything else. She was always there, fully present. She kept going, always.”
it’s amusing that journalists still give these “world records” any amount of energy.
a serious career for serious people.
As serious as an edgy cynic on the Internet?
Nearly, but not quite
that was edgy?
i do this for free, you cant afford my day job.
Just poking fun because I don’t really mind the occasional or even daily story about some random living long and prospering.
What’s wrong with world records?
I guess AP usually has better things to report on, but reporting is still reporting.
It’s about the delivery, not the subject matter 😎
you can just buy them without doing anything.
they’ll sell the same “record” more than once.
I can just buy a world record for oldest skydiver even though I’m 18?
yes.
Not from Guinness, no.
yes from Guinness, it is well documented.
Really? Can you show me the document that says Guiness sold an oldest person record to someone who was clearly not the oldest?
Guinness’s problem is that their business is based on getting paid for records that should be useless, like those of Brunei.