In the late '70s or early '80s there was a movie on television about a
family who performed in the circus on the flying trapeze. I believe in
the end, one of them fell off during a performance and was killed.
What is the name of the movie?  Maybe "The flying (surname)" ?

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Request for Question Clarification by serenata-ga on 24 Aug 2003 18:25 PDT

Hello Chriso ...

I think you are referring to "The Flying Wallendas", which are a
renown family high-wire act. They are famous for their 7-man pyramid
on the wire (which led to the death when the lead man fell).

The act, billed as "The Flying Wallendas", is the basis for the 1977
movie "The Great Wallendas". The family still performs and is now into
the 6th and 7th generations.

If this is who you are referring to, I'll be happy to give you further
resources to read about them and their legendary high wire act.

Yours,
Serenata

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Clarification of Question by chriso_312-ga on 24 Aug 2003 18:32 PDT

Yes, this is it!  Thank you!

Hi Chriso ...

Thank you for confirming ... I *thought* I recognized The Flying
Wallendas from your question, but wanted to make sure.

I think the best place to find out about this fascinating family of
high wire aerialists is from their own site which can be found here -

   - http://www.wallenda.com/index.html

Be sure to read the history page which traces the family's performing
back to 1780, and the historical fall while performing the seven-man
pyramid at the State Fair Coliseum in Detroit.
   - http://www.wallenda.com/history.html

There is much written about the Wallendas which you may enjoy reading.
I used a Google search for the term "Wallendas" and the results can be
seen here:

://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Wallendas&btnG=Google+Search

Thanks for asking, it gave me a chance to review some sites about a
very fascinating family!

Regards,
Serenata