Beatrice Kyle was known as Bee Kyle and was a world famous high diver. She would jump into an 8 feet (2.4 m) tank of water from a height of 100 feet (30.5 m) or more.

Kyle was born in the state of Maine

Maine

Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...

 in the United States of America in 1902 and made her living as a high diver. She married William Booth Wecker

William Booth Wecker

William Booth Wecker was an American entertainer and all around showman and was also the agent for his wife Bee Kyle the well known high diver....

 who worked at various jobs and carnivals and circuses. He did everything from selling tickets to lion taming. They had a nomadic lifestyle and performed all over the world including Japan

Japan

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 in the 1930s. They never had any children.

In 1939, Billboard Magazine had a contest on who the most popular outdoor performer was in the U.S. and Kyle won, getting 32,728 votes.

Kyle suffered in her old age from injuries sustained while diving. She died in 1970 and was buried with her husband at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery

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 in Missouri

Missouri

Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

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