Cirque du Soleil: Artist crashes while the performance is in progress - dead
For 15 years Yann Arnaud was a member of the ensemble of the world famous Cirque du Soleil. Thousands of spectators have inspired the Frenchman at this time with his daredevil acrobatic attractions.
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Air number in seven meters height
But now he will never perform again: At the weekend, the 38-year-old crashed during a show in Tampa, Florida, seven meters into the depths. He was immediately taken care of medically? but his injuries were too heavy. The artist died in a hospital just hours after the accident.
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"The entire Cirque-du-Soleil family is in shock and shaken by this tragedy," the circus told Twitter. Subsequent shows were canceled. The circus wanted to clarify as quickly as possible, how it could come to this tragic accident. At the moment, it looks like Arnaud just lost his grip as he swung a rope across the stage with one hand gripping a ring.
Whether the Cirque du Soleil will now draw the conclusion from this misfortune, to increase the security precautions, is to be doubted. Only in 2013 an acrobat died at a show in Las Vegas ...
Wife and daughter mourn for the artist
One day before the performance, the Frenchman had posted a picture of himself on Instagram. He wrote about how much he looked forward to finally being able to present a new number in the program. He and his colleagues had been training hard for so long.
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As can be seen from his social media profiles, the 38-year-old had a wife and a small daughter. The circus wants to help the relatives as much as possible, it said in the Twitter post.
We wish the bereaved on everyone all the power and love of this world, to deal with this heavy blow of fate!
