stackyFACTSBobby Leach survived plunging over the deadly, roaring Niagara Falls in a custom-built steel barrel. Years later, having survived one of nature's greatest drops, he was casually walking down the street, slipped on an abandoned orange peel, severely broke his leg, and perished from the ensuing complications.
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