'Mythbusters' Stars Express Sadness at Death of Jessi Combs
by EG
The death of daredevil Jessi Combs this week was shocking to everyone, but it was especially so for those who had worked with her on the set of MythBusters. Both Adam Savage and Kari Byron posted their sadness online after Combs' death. Read on for details.
Via Fox News.
Auto racing enthusiasts from across the country continue to mourn the death of Jessi Combs, who tragically passed away on Tuesday at the age of 39.
Former “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno, a well-known auto aficionado, called her "the fastest woman on four wheels."
The popular race car driver and TV personality was attempting to break her own land-speed record when she was involved in a fatal crash.
“Mythbusters” star Adam Savage tweeted, “I’m so so sad, Jessi Combs has been killed in a crash. She was a brilliant & top-notch builder, engineer, driver, fabricator, and science communicator, & strove every day to encourage others by her prodigious example. She was also a colleague, and we are lesser for her absence.”
"My heart goes out to her family," Savage added in a follow-up message.
Combs had appeared as a guest host on several episodes of Discovery Channel's “Mythbusters.”
Kari Byron, whose spot in the show Combs filled several times, tweeted, “So sad to hear about Jessi. She was a badass. Always pushing limits. Sending smiles into the universe for her.”
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