biography
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Blondin, Charles
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originally Jean François Gravelet
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pronunciation:
[blõdĩ]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1824–97)
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| biography:
| Acrobat and tightrope-walker, born in Hesdin, N France. In 1859 he crossed Niagara Falls on a tightrope, and later did the same with variations (eg blindfolded, with a wheelbarrow, with a man on his back, on stilts). He was still performing in his early 70s. |
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