Guest guest Report post Posted July 7, 2001 <center></center> <h3>Larry Walters; Soared to Fame on Lawn Chair</h3> From The Los Angeles Times, 24 November 1993 (by Myrna Oliver, Times Staff Writer) Larry Walters, who achieved dubious fame in 1982 when he piloted a lawn chair attached to helium balloons 16,000 feet above Long Beach, has committed suicide at the age of 44. Walters died Oct. 6 after hiking to a remote spot in Angeles National Forest and shooting himself in the heart, his mother, Hazel Dunham, revealed Monday. She said relatives knew of no motive for the suicide. "It was something I had to do," Walters told The Times after his flight from San Pedro to Long Beach on July 2, 1982. "I had this dream for 20 years, and if I hadn't done it, I would have ended up in the funny farm." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
