Record-Breaking Stunt Performer Who Appeared at Super Bowl With Madonna Dies in BASE Jumping Accident

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Published on 16 June 2026

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His last social media caption read in part: “Thanks for keeping me in frame for my test jump.”

During the tandem jump, something went wrong, and both men suffered fatal injuries, the sheriff’s office said in a statement.

The second victim, described only as a man about 50 years old, has not yet been publicly identified.

“The Grand County Sheriff’s Office extends its deepest sympathies to the families, friends, and all those affected by this tragic incident,” the statement concluded.

Lewis was originally from California and relocated to Moab, where he picked up the stage name “Sketchy Andy” for his death-defying stunts.

He appeared on an episode of Red Bull’s “Ultimate Rush” in 2016, where he attempted a highline walk between two hot air balloons 4,000 feet in the air.

At the time of his death, he held a Guinness World Record for a slack rope walk above a waterfall in Mudanjiang City, China.

Slackliner Andy Lewis of the US balances as he walks on a highline from the rooftop of a building in Bangkok on July 23, 2014. Lewis set a world record after walking on a highline from the rooftop of a building to another covering a distance of 169 metres in one hour and five minutes. (Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/AFP via Getty Images)

He had performed stunts on at least three continents and previously set records in Bangkok, Thailand, and at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.

Lewis had also been part of a group of four men who removed a mysterious 12-foot-tall metal monolith that appeared on public land outside Salt Lake City in 2020.

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