Parachutist Dies.— Nicholas Piantanida, a 33-year-old parachutist who has lain in a coma for four months since his last attempt to set the world’s free fall record, died yesterday. In the fall Piantanida lost his oxygen supply for three minutes.— Philadelphia, August 30.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31153, 1 September 1966, Page 7
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