Carla Wallenda, member of famed high-wire act, dies at 85By TERRY SPENCER
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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 founded the troupe in Germany before moving to the United States in 1928 to great acclaim. She was the aunt of aerialist Nik Wallenda.
Carla Wallenda was born on Feb. 13, 1936, and appeared in a newsreel in 1939 as she learned how to walk the wire, with her father and mother, Mati, looking on. But she said her first time on the wire was much earlier. ...
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