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‘Human Cannonball’ Plunges to Death

Safety net fails in daredevil performance

(Newser) - A stunned audience watched helplessly as a "human cannonball" stuntman plunged to his death after being launched from a tube in a daredevil show in the English countryside. The 23-year-old performer was shot some 40 feet into the air before slamming head-first into a collapsed safety net intended to...

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