Tuesday, May 24, 2016

#3 Aerialists


Posted by Buckles at 5/24/2016 06:32:00 AM

3 comments:

Roger Smith said...

It was a swivel on a Roman ring that failed, and caused the fatal fall of Leitzel, in 1931. She was playing the Music Hall in Copenhagen, and the accident sent chills through the hearts of showfolks, as it happened on a Friday the 13th.

24 May, 2016 14:43
Chic Silber said...


Frank McClosky was with her

when she fell & her husband

Alfredo Codona rushed to the

hospital to her but was told

she would be OK & returned

to wherever he was working

& learned of her death the

next day

24 May, 2016 21:57
Roger Smith said...

The Flying Codonas were playing the Wintergarten in Berlin when Alfredo was told of Leitzel's fall, in Copenhagen. Upon being reassured, mostly by her, that she would survive, he flew back to resume his booking. He was met at the airport with the news Leitzel had died. He brought her ashes back to New York, carrying the urn in his arms for the entire voyage aboard the Mauritania.

25 May, 2016 15:27

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