Jenny Wallenda, matriarch of internationally famous circus family, dies at 87 after illness
Published November 21, 2015
Jenny Wallenda, matriarch of the internally famous family of high-flying circus performers, has died. She was 87.
Wallenda's nephew, Rick Wallenda, said his aunt died late Saturday at her home in Sarasota, Florida following a lengthy illness.
Wallenda was the oldest daughter of high wire walker Karl Wallenda and grandmother of daredevil performer Nik Wallenda.
Jenny Wallenda's husband, Richard Faughnan, died in 1962 when a human pyramid collapsed. Karl Wallenda fell to his death in 1978.
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