David Kirke, first bungee jumper and extreme sports patriarch, dies at 78

Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave David Kirke’s old chums found the peaceful circumstances of his death last month — in bed, at age 78 — paradoxical. “He could have been killed at least 20 or 30 times many years ago,” his friend Edward Hulton said. For instance, on April Fools’ Day in … Read more