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Jessie W. Sharp, a 28 year old bachelor from Ocoee, Tennessee attempted to ride over the brink of the Horseshoe Falls in a 3.6m long kayak on June 5,1990. Sharp, unemployed at the time, was an experienced white water kayaker.
Jessie Sharp: Fatality: Horseshoe Falls: Sharp went over the falls in a plastic kayak. He had intended to continue paddling on the river after the fall, and had a dinner reservation at a restaurant in Lewiston, 4 miles (6.4 km) downstream.
Jesse Sharp is known for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017), The Gilded Age (2022) and The Blacklist (2013).
Jun 7, 1990 · Armed with advanced kayaking skills and apparently an overdose of confidence, Jessie W. Sharp of Ocoee, Tenn., died Tuesday pursuing his quest to conquer the world's ultimate white-water rapids...
Jun 30, 2016 · The last person to try it in a kayak, Jessie Sharp, went over the lip in 1990 and was never seen again. Only his boat was recovered, several hundred yards downstream of the falls, and it ...
Nov 11, 2023 · Experienced white water kayaker Jesse W. Sharp, from Ocoee, Tennessee, decided that a trip over Niagara Falls in a kayak would help promote his stunting career. After months of planning, Sharp traveled to Niagara Falls at the age of 28 to attempt the feat of his life.
In 1990, Jesse Sharp was 28, unemployed, and an accomplished kayaker from Ocoee, Tennessee. Jesse had trained by running falls in the Smokey Mountains. He wanted to get into a stunting career and apparently decided that going over Niagara Falls in his 3.6-meter kayak was the way to do it.
