Mark Sutton

Mark Sutton is a famous Stunt Performer, born on April 13, 1971 in United Kingdom. As of January 9, 2023, Mark Sutton’s net worth is $5 Million.

During a segment of the opening ceremony of the 2012 Summer Olympics entitled “Happy and Glorious”, Sutton served as a stunt double of [the Queen ] on a helicopter in a filmed portion of the segment. Alongside his friend Gary Connery (who was Daniel Craig’sdouble for the segment), Sutton skydived out of the helicopter into the Olympic Stadium. Following the ceremony, the sequence was described as one of its highlights by the media.

In August 2013, Mark Sutton and 20 other top wingsuiters were invited to a three-day event in Chamonix, France known as Helibase 74, which was organised by Epic TV, a web TV channel specialising in extreme sports. In exchange for video footage of their flights, the website provided accommodations and helicopter access. On 14 August 2013, Sutton jumped alongside Tony Uragallo (both equipped with multiple video cameras) in a short “warm-up” flight near Les Grandes Otanes scheduled to last about a minute. However, tragedy struck only 20 seconds into the flight; as he jumped from the helicopter at 10,800 feet (3,300 m), travelling at speeds of up to 155 mph (249 km/h), Sutton veered off-course and crashed into a mountain ridge. A rescue helicopter arrived soon after Sutton hit the ground, but he was pronounced dead at the scene—Sutton’s impact was so severe that a DNA test was required to identify his body, and a spokesperson stated that he had no chance of surviving the impact. While Sutton was equipped with a parachute during the flight for landing, it was left unused. As part of the investigation, the video footage from Uragallo’s cameras were handed over to a Swiss police unit.