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High-wire daredevil defied the odds
By Bartee Haile
Ivy Baldwin, hero of the high wire, passed away in his sleep on Oct. 8, 1953 after 87 action-packed years. Who would have guessed that the little man, who lived so dangerously, would die so peacefully?
A Civil War baby boomer born in San Antonio the year after Appomattox, Willie Ivy waited until he was full-grown – five-foot-three and 110 pounds – to leave home. The...