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Mario Wallenda (May 6, 1940 – April 12, 2015) was an American acrobat and highwire artiste, a member of The Flying Wallendas.[1][2] He was the adopted son of Karl Wallenda.[3] He was paralyzed on January 30, 1962, when their trademark seven-person pyramid collapsed in the Michigan State Fairgrounds Coliseum.[4]
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^"Mario Wallenda died hoping to perform yet again". HeraldTribune.com. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
^Jaynes, Gregory (23 March 1978). "Karl Wallenda Is Killed in Fall from Wire". New York Times. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
^"The Wallendas' Tragedy in Detroit". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
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