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Video footage provided courtesy of UK-based skydiving company Skydive Buzz showed the moment that British D-Day veteran Bryson William Verdun Hayes jumped out of a Skydive Buzz aircraft and became world's oldest skydiver after participating in a charity tandem skydive from 15,000 feet, aged 101 years and 38 days, near Devon on Monday. Hayes, a former Royal Signals lance corporal who took part in the infamous Allied invasion of Normandy beach during the Second World War, completed the tandem skydive along with 10 family members at Skydive Buzz, raising money for the Royal British Legion. Hayes' son Bryan, grandson Roger, great-grandson Stanley and great-granddaughter Ellie were among those who leapt with him. With his jump, Hayes surpassed the record of Canadian Armand Gendreau, who skydived aged 101 and three days, in June 2013. This has been Hayes' second skydive since turning 100 years old, setting a British record with his previous attempt
The world's oldest living person, 116-year-old Susannah Mushatt Jones, died on Thursday in New York City, leaving an Italian woman, also 116, with the title. Linda So reports.
Paris (France), Oct 15 (EFE / EPA) .-French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute Friday to the flag drapped coffin of Hubert Germain, a WWII veteran and the last 'Companion of the Liberation', at the National Invalides Hotel in Paris.Hubert Germain was the last survivor of the 1,038 Companions of the Liberation after WWII, he died at the age of 101 on October 12, 2021. (Camera: CHRISTOPHE PETIT-TESSON)SHOT LIST: TRIBUTE TO HUBERT GERMAIN AT THE HOTEL NATIONAL INVALIDES IN PARIS, FRANCE.
The Union Jack flag flies at half-mast at Buckingham Palace, following the announcement of the death of Prince Philip at the age of 99. IMAGES
Los Angeles, Feb 10 (EFE/EPA).- Porn mogul and defender of free of speech Larry Flynt died Wednesday in Los Angeles aged 78, according to US media reports.The Washington Post, CNN and NBC were among those citing confirmations from various close family members.Flynt founded the pornographic magazine "Hustler," with which he started a business empire in the adult entertainment industry and a career throughout which he staunchly advocated for and pushed the boundaries of free speech, defended lawsuits, was imprisoned for contempt, and survived an assassination attempt. (Camera: ETIENNE LAURENT). SHOT LIST: HUSTLER CASINO, LARRY FLYNT'S HANDPRINTS IN FRONT OF HIS HUSTLER SHOP, AND FLYNT'S HUSTLER SHOP IN HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, US.
Kathmandu, Sep 21 (EFE/EPA).- Veteran Nepalese mountaineer Ang Rita Sherpa, who climbed Mount Everest 10 times without bottled oxygen, died of a lengthy illness in Kathmandu on Monday. He was 72.Known by the epithet of “Snow Leopard” for his climbing skills, the sherpa was a soft-spoken and dedicated mountain guide, Ang Rita was recognized by the Guinness World Records in 2017 as the only person to have climbed Everest 10 times without using an oxygen supplement. (Camera: NARENDRA SHRESTA). SHOT LIST: A FUNERAL OF VETERAN NEPALESE MOUNTAINEER ANG RITA SHERPA IN KATHMANDU, NEPAL.