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The long fall: Stuntman Dar Robinson leaps well out from CN Tower to avoid obstacles on way down, then free falls before pulling parachute ripcord
The long fall: Stuntman Dar Robinson leaps well out from CN Tower to avoid obstacles on way down, then free falls before pulling parachute ripcord

The long fall: Stuntman Dar Robinson leaps well out from CN Tower to avoid obstacles on way down, then free falls before pulling parachute ripcord

Date9/21/1979
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Original Toronto Star caption: The long fall: Stuntman Dar Robinson leaps well out from CN Tower to avoid obstacles on way down, then free falls before pulling parachute ripcord.
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The long fall: Stuntman Dar Robinson leaps well out from CN Tower to avoid obstacles on way down, then free falls before pulling parachute ripcord
The long fall: Stuntman Dar Robinson leaps well out from CN Tower to avoid obstacles on way down, then free falls before pulling parachute ripcord
9/21/1979
The long fall: Stuntman Dar Robinson leaps well out from CN Tower to avoid obstacles on way down, then free falls before pulling parachute ripcord
The long fall: Stuntman Dar Robinson leaps well out from CN Tower to avoid obstacles on way down, then free falls before pulling parachute ripcord
9/21/1979
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There he goes! Dar Robinson, the California stuntman, flails his arms and legs as he leaps from the 1,100-foot observation level of the CN Tower, with(...)
8/12/1980
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Larry Robinson leaps to avoid puck, but Leafs wish he hadn't
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4/16/1979
Star-Spangled Stuntman Evel Knievel (born Robert Craig Knievel) warms up Thursday night at Buffalo's Lancaster Speedway for one of his spectacular 100-mile-an-hour-plus leaps through space atop his motorcycle
Star-Spangled Stuntman Evel Knievel (born Robert Craig Knievel) warms up Thursday night at Buffalo's Lancaster Speedway for one of his spectacular 100-mile-an-hour-plus leaps through space atop his motorcycle
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Defence minister, Israel's Yitzhak Rabin tells a Toronto news conference yesterday that his country has found ways to overcome obstacles in the past. We will find ways now
Defence minister, Israel's Yitzhak Rabin tells a Toronto news conference yesterday that his country has found ways to overcome obstacles in the past. We will find ways now
11/8/1989
I made it! Dar Robinson' beaming with relief now that his sensational leap is all over, but before the jump he said he was haunted by the death of a p(...)
I made it! Dar Robinson' beaming with relief now that his sensational leap is all over, but before the jump he said he was haunted by the death of a p(...)
9/21/1979
It's over the edge and 1,100 feet to go for stuntman Dar Robinson
It's over the edge and 1,100 feet to go for stuntman Dar Robinson
8/12/1980
Dar Robinson: Stuntman lost control of motorcycle during filming in Page, Ariz
Dar Robinson: Stuntman lost control of motorcycle during filming in Page, Ariz
8/11/1986
Tumbling down the tower. Stuntman Roger Brown, padded everywhere except on his head, rolls down the CN Tower's 1,760 steels steps today to try to rais(...)
Tumbling down the tower. Stuntman Roger Brown, padded everywhere except on his head, rolls down the CN Tower's 1,760 steels steps today to try to rais(...)
9/9/1981
Wayward driver, Ed Hore, one of several clowns doing the rounds at the Ex, has found an ideal way to get around obstacles - he rides a cycle that will go in two directions at once
Wayward driver, Ed Hore, one of several clowns doing the rounds at the Ex, has found an ideal way to get around obstacles - he rides a cycle that will go in two directions at once
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