The Latest Breaking News from Dorothy Hoffner

Rebellious, irascible, horny. Older people are reassuringly off the rails these days

Don’t try arguing with this skydiving, Channel-swimming generation. They’re a jump ahead

The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2023

‘World’s oldest skydiver’ dies aged 104 just 7 days after record attempt

Dorothy Hoffner ‘just kept going’ and told cheering audiences after her latest skydive that ‘age is just a number’

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2023

A 104-year-old woman dies before Guinness can confirm her record as oldest skydiver

Dorothy Hoffner, 104, went skydiving Oct. 1 and died Monday in her sleep. Guinness World Records is still working to confirm if Hoffner broke the record for the oldest person to jump from a plane.

WEKU · Oct 11, 2023

104-year-old Chicago woman sets Guinness World Record as oldest person to skydive

A 104-year-old Chicago woman is hoping to be certified as the oldest person to ever skydive after making a tandem jump Sunday and landing 13,500 feet later at a northern Illinois airport

The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2023

First Thing: Matt Gaetz introduces motion to oust Kevin McCarthy

Far-right congressman files motion after expressing outrage at speaker’s bipartisan effort to avoid government shutdown. Plus, what do we really know about non-surgical cosmetic treatments?

The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2023

At age 104, skydiving Chicagoan sets world record

Dorothy Hoffner became the oldest-living person to parachute from a plane when she jumped Sunday in Ottawa. ‘There was nothing scary about it,’ she says.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 2, 2023

Chicago woman, 104, skydives from plane, aiming for record as the world's oldest skydiver

A 104-year-old Chicago woman is hoping to be certified as the oldest person to ever skydive after making a tandem jump Sunday and landing 13,500 feet later at a northern Illinois airport

The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2023