March 30, 2004
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Ill senior dies in jump from birthday biplane flight
EL CAJON, California (AP) -- An elderly man recently diagnosed with a brain tumor leaped to his death from a vintage airplane he rented to celebrate his 88th birthday, officials said Tuesday.
Joseph Harold Frost took off his safety belt at 300 to 400 feet, stood up in the open cockpit of the two-seat biplane and went over the side Monday.
"I think that was Dad's idea, to go out in a flash of glory," said Robert Frost, who had helped his father arrange the chartered flight.
The man landed on an apartment patio.
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Canterbury Tales wuold actually make a very funny Monty Python show. I can just see Eric Idle as the Pardoner now....
That's how I want to celebrate my 88th birthday.
KTO
AND THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION IS?!
Would you eat one standard sized spoonful of pale, sqwiggly maggots or four pounds of macarroni and cheese in an hour?!
Why would you name your son Robert if your last name is Frost?
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