FILE - This photo provided by Daniel Wilsey shows Dorothy Hoffner, 104, falling through the air with tandem jumper Derek Baxter as she becomes the oldest person in the world to skydive, Sunday, Oct. 1 ...

The man who died in an Ottawa, Illinois, skydiving accident on July 7 was identified by the LaSalle County coroner as 48-year-old Dr. Noel Liu of East Peoria. Coroner Richard Ploch was called to ...

Dorothy Hoffner, the 104-year-old Chicagoan who recently attempted to set the world record as the oldest person to parachute from a plane, died Monday, a report says. A spokesperson for Hoffner told ...

OTTAWA, Ill. (WLS) -- All this week, a group of skydivers is working to break a world record in the Chicago area. They're trying to create the largest "vertical" skydive. Two-hundred sky-divers need ...

CHICAGO - A 104-year-old Chicago woman who set an unofficial world record for skydiving last week has passed away. Dorothy Hoffner became the oldest person ever to tandem skydive out of an airplane ...

A 104-year-old Chicago woman is believed to have set a record for being the oldest person in the world to tandem skydive out of an airplane over the weekend. Dorothy Hoffner, a lifelong Chicagoan, ...

OTTAWA, Ill. (AP) -- Authorities were investigating a death involving an Illinois skydiving club Monday after a 33-year-old man was killed over the weekend in the sixth fatal accident at the club in a ...

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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, ...