Editing Darwin Awards (section)

==Notable recipients==

* The driver of the [[JATO Rocket Car]] in the well-known urban legend.
* [[Garry Hoy]] who fell from the 24th story of the [[Toronto-Dominion Centre]] whilst attempting to demonstrate to a group of students that the windows were unbreakable. His death has been featured in television programs such as ''[[1000 Ways to Die]]'' and ''[[MythBusters]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Torontoist |date=2013-01-03 |title=Toronto Urban Legends: The Leaping Lawyer of Bay Street |url=https://torontoist.com/2013/01/urban-legends-the-leaping-lawyer-of-bay-street/ |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=Torontoist}}</ref>
* [[Charles Stephens (daredevil)|Charles Stephens]], the first person to die while attempting to go over [[Niagara Falls]] in a barrel.<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles G. Stephens |url=http://www.reservationsystems.com/niagara_daredevils/charles_g_stephens.html |url-status=dead |publisher=Niagara Daredevils |accessdate=13 March 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221153404/http://reservationsystems.com/niagara_daredevils/charles_g_stephens.html |archivedate=21 December 2014}}</ref>
* [[Larry Walters]] was awarded an 'Honorable Mention' for his lawn chair balloon flight into controlled airspace.
* [[John Allen Chau]] who tried to convert an isolated indigenous group on [[North Sentinel Island]] to Christianity, and was killed by them.