Lawn Chair Larry Death
On july 2, 1982, with the untying of anchors, walters — then age 33 — went off into the wild blue yonder.
Lawn chair larry death. Larry walters was a truck driver by trade, but history remembers him for the patio chair he drove erratically through the approach airspace to los angeles international airport. With rhys ifans, miranda otto, justine clarke, rhys muldoon. He filled the balloons with helium, put on a parachute and strapped himself in.
According to published reports, walters was employed as a truck driver in southern california. Lawn chair larry, as he became known, appeared on both the tonight show and late night with david letterman, and earned a 1982 honorable mention from the darwin awards (which he presumably could. Attendees are invited to bring a lawn chair.
Larry's chair was a piece of patio furniture, not a folding lawn chair. On july 2, 1982, he fastened 42 surplus balloons to a lawn chair and launched from his girlfriend’s san pedro home. Memorial contributions may be directed to the marguerite ganoe memorial fund.
6 oct 1993 (aged 44). It was made of an ordinary outdoor chair and 43 large balloons full of helium. He named is craft inspiration i. when the idea came it seemed, at best, a dicey thing to do:
(lax) and he was arrested when he finally landed, for violating lax airspace. Adelir antonio, 51, was not so lucky (video) (20 april 2008, atlantic ocean) a catholic priest recently ascended to heaven on a host of helium balloons, paying homage to lawn chair larry's aerial adventure. The family kindly asks that masks be worn and social distancing be practiced.
On 2 july 1982 he flew very high in the sky in a homemade aircraft. Nicknamed lawn chair larry by the press, when asked why he did it, he answered, a man just can't sit around. numerous stories about his flight have differing details, including maximum height reached, time aloft, and other details. In july 1982, a truck driver named larry walters decided to follow his dream.