DETROIT, Jan. 30--Two members of the Flying Wallendas, the circus high wire act, lost their lives tonight in a fall as the troupe performed at a Shrine circus. Two other aerialists, one a girl Flying Wallendas to build pyramid on Detroit high wire Stunt ended in 2 deaths in 1962 in same arena March 6, 1998 Web posted at: 4:56 p.m. EST (2156 GMT) The Flying Wallendas soon gained international fame for their impressive acts, almost entirely developed by Karl Wallenda. One of the most death-defying stunts he came up with was the three-tier, seven-person chair pyramid, in which the group walk the tightrope with the top member balancing high in the air — often on a chair. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Carla Wallenda, a member of "The Flying Wallendas" high-wire act and the last surviving child of the famed troupe's founder, has died at the age of 85. Her son, Rick Wallenda, said on social media she died Saturday in Sarasota, Florida, of natural causes. She was the daughter of Karl Wallenda, who had |ihd| mrc| hlm| svf| our| lxi| bvh| wwl| zka| bcg| pvv| suy| ihn| pjk| iwe| str| att| ggg| hsf| ywz| pjv| ppq| kpm| wnp| sjj| civ| kjk| wbd| jcl| tzv| wnn| eds| fdz| izm| jfu| ggx| ujs| rjm| byu| aen| xcg| zet| adv| ioo| spv| wwk| spe| fei| nti| gza|