The tragic daredevils who came a cropper before Felix Baumgartner: From Eiffel Tower 'parachute' jumper to ageing scion of the 'Flying Wallendas'
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WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Inventor Franz Reichelt died in 1912 when he jumped off the Eiffel Tower in the misguided belief that his homemade parachute would work.