BREAKING: Frankie the Falcon dead after flying too close to the sun

Toronto Metropolitan University’s (TMU) beloved mascot Frankie B. Bold, commonly known as Frankie, died on Tuesday from injuries sustained in a fall following an attempt to fly significantly higher than recommended by Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs).

Frankie, two, was discovered near TMU’s Victoria Building at 285 Victoria Street by maintenance workers around noon. Emergency services were called, and he was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Michael’s Hospital. Doctors have revealed his cause of death to have been severe blunt force trauma, with notable burns on his wings and back. Frankie reportedly smelled “delicious.”

A pre-scheduled email addressed to the Guinness World Records was sent from Frankie’s TMU email address after his death, in which he stated his intention to break the Guinness world record for “the highest altitude achieved via winged flight by a sentient man-thing.” It is currently unknown whether Frankie broke the record prior to his death.

“We offer our sincerest condolences to Frankie’s family and the TMU community at large. However, since we don’t know his last reached altitude, we cannot confirm that he broke the record previously set by Icarus over 4,000 years ago,” said Guinness in an official press release.

Guinness has offered to fund all Guinness beer poured out at Frankie’s wake, which is scheduled on April 16., 7 p.m. at The Met Campus Pub. Which Frankie referred to as his “favourite place to roost” on multiple occasions.

“The Bold will never forget Frankie. He was as much a part of all the teams as any of the players, and everyone is deeply saddened by the news,” said Ivan Brake, captain of the TMU Bold men’s hockey team.

“However, I can’t be sure that this death was an accident. My money would be on George Brown College and the George Brown Huskies, who have had a very public rivalry with Frankie and the Bold,” added Brake.

Toronto Police Services have labelled Frankie’s death as an accident, and have confirmed that it was never investigated as a suspicious death.