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A famous Chinese roof topper, known for his daredevil stunts, is no more. He fell to his death from a 62-storey Huayuan Hua Centre in the city of Changsha in a daring challenge. The accident is believed to have occurred on Nov 8, at a 62-storey building in Changsha, the capital of China's Hunan province, but the video only surfaced online on Dec 10.
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Local authorities confirmed his death by accident and have ruled out any foul play. The former stuntman had around million followers and 300 videos on the Chinese live streaming video site ‘Volcano’and was very famous for scaling skyscrapers without any safety gears. His always warned his viewers not to imitate his dangerous acts.
He did 217 live-streaming sessions and used to get around 55,000 yuan for the performances. His videos of him tip-toeing or doing pull-ups on side of buildings were widely shared. But concern grew when he stopped posting videos on social sites and now about a month after his death.
His girlfriend was the one who broke the news of his death one month later, on Dec 8. She wrote on her Weibo account: "Today is December 8th. It makes me think of November 8th, the day that you left us, left this world"
The video of his last performance got leaked. The video showcases him doing pull-ups and later he loses the grip and footage captured the moment he falls.
Many of his videos show him doing dangerous stunts such as pull-ups off the edges of high-rise buildings and tiptoeing around cranes.
Here is the video:
source: The Star Online
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