Monday, October 07, 2013

1961 RBBB TV Special #56



The two “human cannonballs” were identified as the niece of the cannon’s inventor and her husband. 

3 comments:

Jimmy Cole said...

I believe that is Walter & Ruth Patterson.

Ole Whitey said...

I agree. I think Ruth still lives here in Nashville. As you know Walter died awhile back.

Chic Silber said...


Their daughter Laura "Dinky" was 43

when she was killed in a rehearsal

accident in the Superdome in 1997

I was contacted by the FBI (really)

at an airline club in Newark where

I was changing planes that day

They put me in touch with a legal

team from the NFL to consult on

the cause of the terrible accident