Burning Man skydiver killed in Paris attacks

Pierro Jacare Innocenti, 40, of Paris, was killed when gunmen stormed the sold-out Eagles of Death Metal show that Innocenti was attending at the Bataclan Concert Hall. Innocenti posted a photo on his Facebook page of the concert billboard with the comment “Rock!” at 8:45 p.m., less than an hour before three gunmen gunned down 89 people at the venue.

On Friday evening, gunmen and suicide bombers with the Islamic State, or ISIS, almost simultaneously targeted the concert hall, a major stadium, restaurants and bars in Paris, leaving at least 129 people dead and hundreds wounded.

During the weekend, Burners remembered Innocenti by posting photos on social media of Innocenti along with photos of notes to Innocenti left at candlelit memorials in Paris. Some of the notes reading "Pour toi Pierro" had the Burning Man insignia, a stick figure-like interpretation of the Burning Man, and some read "dusty hugs" and "In Dust We Trust."

Burners encouraged each other over social media to love and respect one another in honor of Innocenti, who several people said was a generous and kind Burner. Several people changed their Facebook profile photos to Innocenti’s.

Innocenti owned a restaurant, Chez Livio, in Paris. Livio co-owned the Italian restaurant with his brother Charles, according to a French daily, Le Parisien.

The Innocenti brothers’ grandfather first opened the restaurant in 1964, and it has received such celebrities as Brigitte Bardot, Nicolas Sarkozy and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, according to the Huffington Post.

Innocenti’s Facebook photos show him as an avid Burner, skydiver and surfer. His cover shot shows him skydiving over Black Rock City, the crescent-shaped city that forms in the Black Rock Desert during Burning Man each year.

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