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She was pronounced dead at 11:43 pm. [4] Guyard-Guillot's death was the first on-stage accident resulting in death in Cirque du Soleil's 30-year history. She was 31 at the time of her death. [2] On July 2, 2013, the Clark County Coroner's Office said Guyard-Guillot fell around 90 feet (27 m), which is almost twice the distance reported initially.
The tent of Venus Circus in Bangalore, India caught fire on February 8, 1981. [21] The cause remains unknown, but the fire quickly swept across the tent which then came crashing down onto the crowd of about 4,000. Those who didn't survive were either burned or trampled to death. [22] The disaster claimed 92 lives and injured 300. [23]
Sherry's death is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the first fatal stage dive by a musician. [ 56 ] 3 October: Franco Scoglio , Italian football manager and sport TV commenter, died of a heart attack while on the air during a program on the Genoan private TV station Primocanale , after a heated discussion over the phone with ...
Circus Fire by Janet Munsil is a one-act play inspired by the fire. It follows the story of 4 circus goers: An unattended, nonverbal little girl (Emily Cook, A.K.A Little Miss 1565), a soldier, a military mother whose husband is currently in the war, and her hyperactive son. [41]
Mary (c. 1894–September 13, 1916), also known as "Murderous Mary", [1] was a five-ton Asian elephant [2] who performed in the Sparks World Famous Shows circus.After killing circus employee Walter “Red” Eldridge on his second day as her handler in September 1916, in Kingsport, Tennessee, she was hanged in nearby Erwin.
Archer’s death was confirmed in a statement by Nitro Circus, an actions sports company where Archer was a member. “The Nitro Circus family is mourning the loss of Jayo Archer,” they wrote ...
The death of Wallenda's sister-in-law Rietta Wallenda is referred to in season 3 of the AMC program Mad Men, in the episode "Love Among the Ruins". In the 1979 film All That Jazz, the protagonist (Roy Scheider) paraphrases Wallenda during a conversation about life in show business: "To be on the wire is life; the rest is waiting."
The Globe of Death is a circus and carnival stunt where stunt riders ride motorcycles inside a mesh sphere ball. It is similar to the wall of death, but in this act riders can loop vertically as well as horizontally. [1] There have been three performance-related deaths recorded between 1949 and 1997. [2]