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... that stuntwoman Lila Finn, who had "jumped out of bombers, been chased by lions, clawed by tigers, and thrown overboard into icy ocean waters at night", performed injury-free into her seventies? Source: "But on the job, she has jumped out of bombers, been chased by lions, clawed by tigers, and thrown overboard into icy ocean waters at night." (Los Angeles Times); "One person who has those attributes and more is 72-year-old Lila Finn...who may be the oldest working stuntwoman in America. ... Another reason for Finn's remarkable injury-free career may be her conditioning program." (Chicago Tribune)
ALT1:... that stunt double Lila Finn, who handled all the swimming and diving scenes for Dorothy Lamour in The Hurricane, at one point dropped her sarong and was filmed diving into a lagoon in the nude? Source: "'My mother did all the swimming and diving for Dorothy Lamour in The Hurricane,' said Barry, 'but the producer and the director were concerned about the Hays Commission and its industry censorship guidelines, because in one scene, after she drops the sarong, they shot footage of her naked, diving into the lagoon.'" (Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story)
Overall: Really interesting hook and article. Article is long enough, well-referenced and neutral. Checked for copyvio/paraphrasing with the help Earwig's Copyvio Detector, no issues found. QPQ done. Nominated in time. Good to go. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 11:46, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
Is it clear that she did this in films? Here is a tweak:
ALT1: ... that Hollywood stuntwoman Lila Finn, who "jumped out of bombers, [was] chased by lions, clawed by tigers, and thrown overboard into icy ocean waters at night", performed injury-free into her seventies? Yoninah (talk) 20:43, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
Really interesting hook and article. Article is long enough, well-referenced and neutral. Checked for copyvio/paraphrasing with the help Earwig's Copyvio Detector, no issues found. QPQ done. Nominated in time. Good to go. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 11:46, 10 June 2020 (UTC)