THE DAY, New London, Conn. April 29, 1926 

* Stunt man - daredevil Bobby Leach ironic death 
* Dies from a simple fall 11 years after Niagara Falls plunge 

The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Bobby Leach, Who Went Over Niagara Falls, Dies from Fall on Orange Peel" (see image) 
Complete with 8 pages, light toning and very minor wear at the margins, generally in very nice condition. Some tiny binding holes near the spine. 

Background: The death of Bobby Leach stands as one of history’s most profound examples of situational irony, illustrating the unpredictable nature of mortality. After surviving a death-defying 167-foot plunge over Niagara’s Horseshoe Falls in a steel barrel in 1911—an feat that left him hospitalized for six months with shattered kneecaps and a broken jaw—Leach spent the following fifteen years as a celebrated daredevil. However, his life was cut short in 1926 during a lecture tour in Auckland, New Zealand, by a mundane accident that mocked his previous survival: he slipped on a discarded orange peel while walking down a flat sidewalk. The fall resulted in a broken leg that, exacerbated by his prior circulatory issues from the Niagara injuries, developed gangrene. Despite an emergency amputation, Leach succumbed to complications, marking a transition from a legendary figure of human endurance to a cautionary tale of how the most extreme risks can be eclipsed by the most trivial hazards.