Sometimes, it seems like the most incredible people die in the most heartbreaking of ways. Yesterday, Frenchman Tancrède Melet, 32, an experienced wingsuit pilot, basejumper and inspiration to the working man, died as he was setting up a stunt using hot air balloons. 
 
 According to reports translated from Italian and French news outlets, Melet was with four members of his crew known as the “Flying Frenchies” in the small village of Diois in southeast France. All were anchored in a balloon that was on the ground when the balloon lifted off. Other than Melet, the rest of the crew was able to release their anchors. But Melet was stuck and then suspended some 30 meters in the air. The accident is being investigated but apparently his anchor released and he fell to the ground, dying of trauma. 
 
 Melet lived an incredible life, basejumping off the Italian side of Mount Blanc, and as a “tightrope walker” or slackliner, he would walk between hot air balloons thousands of feet off the ground or between cable cars suspended in mid air. He was also a gifted climber, kayaker, kiter and general lover of the outdoors. His crew were pioneers in the high-lining realm where athletes traverse slacklines between fixed points, often with little to no safety. 
 
 As written on the Flying Frenchies website, Melet worked as an engineer for four years but grew tired of the 9-5 grind. He left to pursue his love of flight and acrobatics. His passion quickly became a full-time endeavor. 
 
 Melet leaves behind his partner, Tiphaine Breillot, and a young child. ||||| Frenchman Tancrede Melet, an expert slackliner, base jumper and wing-suitor, died Tuesday while preparing to perform a hot air balloon stunt in southern France. 
 
 The 32-year-old daredevil was part of a group of pioneering stuntmen who call themselves the “Flying Frenchies” and the “Skyliners.” They are known for their death-defying High-Line walks performed all over the world from mountain peaks to skyscrapers. His team confirmed his death to ABC News. 
 
 Melet and four members of his crew were preparing to perform a stunt with a hot air balloon, when he accidentally fell almost 100 feet and was killed, according to French news outlets. 
 
 On his Facebook page, his fellow “Skyliners” posted a statement saying, “Tancrede Melet, a surprising lover of life, surprised us yesterday morning by leaving us too soon. He leaves behind wonderful memories, a taste of freedom and a head full of dreams.” 
 
 "Nightline" profiled the Flying Frenchies as they attempted to walk between two free-flying hot air balloons thousands of feet in the air above the Spanish plains for an ABC News special that aired in March 2014. Watch our original report HERE: 
 
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 Part 2: ||||| Tancrede Melet, 32, was dangling "at arm's length" from the basket of the balloon just before he plummeted to the ground, according to the group of stuntmen that he led. 
 
 Melet's group, a bohemian collective named the "Flying Frenchies," said he died in the Drôme region on Tuesday. 
 
 The father-of-one was a well known base-jumper, wing-suit flyer, and slack-line walker. 
 
 One of the Flying Frenchies' YouTube videos features a member catapulting off a cliff "Angry Birds-style," before releasing his parachute. The video received more than 1 million views. ||||| Adventurer Johnny Strange, who grew up in Malibu, was killed Thursday when he crashed while wingsuit BASE jumping in the Swiss Alps. 
 
 Strange, 23, crashed a few seconds after taking off from Mt. Gitschen about noon, according to a statement from Swiss police on Friday. 
 
 Police were investigating the crash, but Swiss officials told the Associated Press that strong winds had been reported on the mountain that day. 
 
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 Just days before the incident, Strange talked about his trip to Switzerland on KROQ-FM’s Kevin and Bean show. After the interview, he jumped off a Swiss mountain and filmed himself flying. 
 
 The video shows Strange in a wingsuit soaring through the sky above a lush green mountainside, then traversing over a rocky peak until he finally releases his parachute to break his fall. 
 
 It was the last video he posted to YouTube. In his last Instagram photo, Strange wrote, “Which tree should we bring home for Christmas?” The photo shows Strange flying over a tree-topped mountainside. 
 
 Model Gigi Hadid said she went to Malibu High School with Strange, whom she described as having an adventurous spirit. 
 
 “He lived more in 23 years than many do their whole life,” she said on Twitter. 
 
 Strange was best known for daredevil and risky stunts. Wingsuit BASE jumping was one of them. Like BASE jumping, athletes leap from a mountains, ledges and buildings. But the difference is in the wingsuit, which allows them to the extend their flight range and time. 
 
 The inherent dangers of BASE jumping intensify when an athlete dons a wingsuit. 
 
 Rock climbers Dean Potter and Graham Hunt were wearing wingsuits when they leaped off Taft Point at Yosemite National Park in May and died. Park officials said their parachutes never deployed. 
 
 Potter addressed the dangers in a blog post. 
 
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 “Though my body is warm inside the nylon suit I start to shiver and wonder if what we’re doing is right,” Potter wrote. “Wingsuit BASE-jumping feels safe to me but 25 wingsuit-fliers have lost their lives, this year alone. There must be some flaw in our system, a lethal secret beyond my comprehension.” 
 
 Strange acknowledged the dangers of wingsuit BASE jumping on his social media accounts and mourned the deaths of fellow jumpers. 
 
 After Potter died, Strange wrote, “You were one of my favorite BASE jumpers and getting to fly Wingsuits with you off Via F the next year made me beyond proud to know I had gotten to BASE jump with someone who I regarded as a legend. Thanks for your Wingsuit advice, I'm sorry to hear you died flying. See you on the other side.” 
 
 At 17, Strange became the youngest person to climb the world’s highest mountains in seven continents, known as the “seven summits.” 
 
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– A French extreme sportsman described by the Inertia as an "inspiration to the working man" has died at the age of 32 after a hot air balloon stunt backfired, ABC News reports. Tancrede Melet, part of a daredevil group known as the Flying Frenchies, was setting up the stunt in a small town in southeastern France when the balloon that he and other members of his crew were anchored into lifted off. Melet wasn't able to release his anchor, the site adds, and when it did finally give, he was dangling "at arm's length" from the basket and fell about 100 feet to the ground, NBC News reports. "[Tancrede] Melet, an amazing lover of life, surprised us yesterday morning in us leaving too fast," his teammates posted on his Facebook page Wednesday, noting the stunt was part of an "artistic project." "He leaves behind wonderful memories, a taste of freedom and [a head] full of dreams." Melet, described on various sites as an accomplished climber, tightrope walker, kayaker, BASE jumper, and wingsuiter, didn't start out as a full-time adventurer. He was an engineer for four years before deciding to more fully indulge his adrenaline fix, the Inertia notes, and he literally jumped right into things once he committed himself, performing such stunts as "high-lining" between skyscrapers and cable cars and BASE jumping off of Mont Blanc. "In Love with circus and acrobatic performance, he was the leader of the … Flying Frenchies with whom he pushed the limits," his colleagues wrote on Facebook. Melet leaves behind his partner, Tiphaine Breillot, and his young child, Leonie, they add.