She was nicknamed the “Fastest Woman on Wheels.”
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At age 104, she was the oldest person ever to tandem skydive.
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His videos took viewers on exciting obstacle courses through city streets.
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Scott became the first Englishman to reach Everest’s summit.
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Smith won his first championship at 17, and his long hair and good looks soon made him a teen idol and a star of the sport.
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Stirling Moss was a top Formula One racer called “the greatest driver never to win the World Championship,” though he was runner-up four times.  Died: Sunday, April 12, 2020. (Who else died …
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A look back at some of the fastest females ever…
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Became a public advocate for colonoscopy screening.
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Junior Johnson was a NASCAR legend who won 50 races during his Hall of Fame career including the 1960 Daytona 500. Growing up in the hills of Western North Carolina, Johnson was …
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Barbara Hillary (1931–2019), first African American woman to reach the North and South Poles
by Kirk FoxShe never skied until training for her trek to the North Pole.