Dorothy Hoffner, a 104-year-old woman from Chicago, died in her sleep on October 8, 2023, a week after she set a world record ...

OTTAWA, Ill. — A 104-year-old Chicago woman hopes 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.

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Editor’s note: A day after this story was published, Skydive Chicago and the U.S. Parachute Association received word Dorothy Hoffner died on Oct. 9. “We are deeply saddened by Dorothy’s ...

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OTTAWA, Ill. — A 104-year-old Chicago woman is hoping to be certified as the oldest person to ever skydive after leaving her walker on the ground and making a tandem jump in northern Illinois.