Betty Lou Oliver
This celebrity goo was created by player Steve West.
Scott Hardie made major changes to the clue and made major changes to the explanation provided by Steve.
publication date: Saturday, August 4, 2018 (part of Summer 2018)
category: 
Accidents
clue: On one doubly unlucky day in the 1940s, she survived the fall that King Kong did not.
explanation: Betty Lou Oliver survived a plane crashing into the Empire State Building, and then a free fall in an elevator shaft for 75 stories. more…
difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, and Matthew Preston
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