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Daredevil Death Week — A Reckoning

Side Stories: Disclosure Daze w/ Alaska Thunderfuck 5000 · Jun 17, 2026 Sports

Slackliner Andy 'Sketchy' Lewis — who performed at Madonna's 2012 Super Bowl halftime show and held multiple Guinness World Records — died in a Utah base-jumping accident. He wasn't alone: a free solo climber fell into a volcanic crater and a bungee jumper died when her cord wasn't attached. Henry and Ed argue the real culprit is that daredeviling moved from television crews to solo Instagram accounts.

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