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blinc
March 27th, 2009, 08:51 PM
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Shane McConkey, extreme skier, dies in base-jumping accident (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us/1-0&fd=R&url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/outposts/2009/03/shane-mcconkey.html&cid=0&ei=po7NSdDpB42ohAOHoLmSDQ&usg=AFQjCNEWVIDBgifHLm_-hRUFJiaH5MLtFg)
Los Angeles Times, CA
Legendary extreme skier and base jumper Shane McConkey died yesterday in an accident while filming a movie in Italy. McConkey, 39, was performing a stunt in which he was to launch himself off of a cliff, then detach his skis and deploy a parachute. ...


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