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self-styled daredevil died Saturday after a rocket in which he launched himself crashed into the ground, a colleague and a witness said.
"Mad" Mike Hughes died after the homemade rocket crashed on private property near Barstow about 1:52 p.m. near Highway 247, the Daily Press of Victorville reported.
Waldo Stakes, a colleague who was at the rocket launch, said Hughes, 64, was killed.
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