Hoffner died in her sleep one week after setting the world record to become the oldest skydiver ever. 'She was just indefatigable. She just kept going.'
In the days before Dorothy Hoffner was scheduled to break the world record to become the oldest sky diver ever, she dreamed she was in free fall. The sensation woke her up, she said. A week after setting the record, the 104-year-old has finally landed. She died peacefully in her sleep Monday, her close friend Joe Conant told the Tribune. The death of the dear friend he called “grandma” came unexpectedly, he said. “She was just indefatigable. She just kept going,” Conant said.
Millions of people heard of Hoffner’s story. A viral sensation, the centenarian became the subject of a New York Times article, the target of a late-night TV joke and a darling of cable morning shows. She appeared in a story written by a Chinese outlet and appeared on a Mexican broadcast. Dorothy Hoffner, 104, gets up after her jump on Oct. 1, 2023. The media attention at first irked Hoffner. She told the Tribune weeks before her jump that she planned to bring a cold steak to Skydive Chicago.
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