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Trapeze artist falls 30ft to her death after her husband fails to catch her in daring stunt watched by screaming crowd
A TRAPEZE artist fell 30ft to her death after her husband failed to catch her in a daring stunt watched by a screaming crowd.
Footage shared online shows the moment Sun Moumou, 37, fell to the hard stage during a show in Suzhou city, China, on Saturday.
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Her husband failed to catch her with his legs as the couple performed a risky change of position in mid-air.
Sun fell from more than 32ft above the ground, according to local news reports.
She is said to have been taken to hospital but doctors were unable to save her life.
Her husband said: “We were always happy together.
“As I am in the middle of the process of dealing with all of this, I can’t disclose any specific details at this time.”
In the shocking clip, spectators can be heard screaming as Sun loses her grip.
A colleague said she was still breathing “weakly” following the tragic fall.
The performance was cancelled immediately as were planned shows over the weekend.
Anhui Yaxi Performing Art Media has been fined more than £5,600 for “holding commercial performances without approval”, according to The Global Times.
Local officials have expressed their “deep condolences” and sympathy to the victim’s family.
The couple, who were both born in 1986, are said to have had a son and a daughter together.
Social media users have called for stricter regulation in the industry.
Authorities have launched an investigation into how Sun performed without the proper safety precautions.
Reports say the performance took place at a local family farm in Hougao, a village in Suzhou, located in the northern part of Anhui Province.
She had worked with her husband, Zhang Moumou for years, according to reports.
They are said to have often performed without safety belts, according to the news website The Paper.
Zhang told local news that she had not “refused” to wear a safety line, as reported.
In September last year, a trapeze artist fell into the circus ring during a new act in front of hundreds of children and their parents.
Tatyana Zolotukhina, 26, was performing with her husband Sergey Zolotukhin, 34, when she failed to catch his hand and plunged 16ft crashing on the ground during a show in Russia.
In July 2018, the America’s Got Talent judges were left gasping in horror as a trapeze act on the show went horribly wrong.
The panel were stunned when partially-sighted performer Tyce dropped his wife Mary and she plunged to the ground.
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Chris Eubank breaks down in tears as he relives death of his son Sebastian at 29 on TV show Scared Of The Dark
CHRIS Eubank breaks down in tears as he relives the death of his son Sebastian.
The former boxer, 56, wept in Sunday’s episode of Channel 4‘s Scared Of The Dark after losing his 29-year-old son.
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Chris, pictured with sons Sebastian, left, and Chris Jnr, right, broke down in tears on Sunday’s episode of Scared of the Dark[/caption]
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His son Sebastian died back in 2021 following a heart attack[/caption]
Sat in the dark alongside celebs such as Love Islander Chloe Burrows and actor Chris McCausland, Eubank said despite the loss being nearly two years ago, it will always feel fresh.
One of his five sons Sebastian died of a heart attack in 2021 while swimming in the sea off the coast of Dubai.
In the new series, which started last night, Eubank said: “It’s always going to be recent.”
“[Sebastian] was everything. He was me. Poet, philosopher, lover, protector, a man of love. He was me.
“Things he did, he was magnificent. My son was, is, an inspiration and will always be an inspiration.
“Your son…. they never leave you, ever. They are always with you. Always.
“My son Sebastian is much more than I could ever explain to you.
“The tragedy of losing a son who’s 29, imagine crying that hard, and then months later being grateful that you cried that hard for your son.
“It wasn’t one tear, it was an ocean.”
The boxing legend previously told how he would never get over the loss of his “awesome” son.
Sebastian’s widow Salma Abdelati, who has a one-year old boy Raheem with him, has started up foundation in his honour.
Actor Danny Dyer‘s reality show captures the famous faces as they enter a completely pitch-black reality space for eight days.
Scared of the Dark airs across five nights from Sunday 16 to Thursday April 20 at 9pm on Channel 4.
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Eubank with Sebastian as a kid[/caption]
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James Bond star was real-life secret agent who lived double life, family claim after his death
FIDDLER on the Roof star Chaim Topol was a secret Mossad agent, his family claim.
The Israeli legend — who starred with Roger Moore in Bond movie For Your Eyes Only — lived a secret double life of “adventure and courage”.
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The actor, who died last month aged 87, worked for Israel’s spy service in between gigs.
Topol used his London home as a base to target embassies, airports and airlines of Arab enemies, according to his widow Galia, and children Adi and Omer, who spoke to Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
On one occasion he bugged an Arab country’s embassy using the flat next door and pretended to be a dental patient to cover for drilling noise.
Omer said: “I don’t know exactly what the appropriate definition is for the missions and duties he performed.
“But what is clear is that Dad was involved in secret missions on behalf of the Mossad.
“His status in those years was that of an international star, and he could go anywhere he wanted.
“He had the ability to deliver documents and take pictures without anyone questioning anything.
“But he was no James Bond or anything like that!”