Francis Brunn - Revision history

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 Francis Brunn passed away on May 28, 2004, in Frankfurt-am-Main in Germany, from complications after heart surgery. He was eighty-one. A celebration of his life was held a few days later at the Tiger Palast, in presence of his many friends and fans. Johnny Klinke did the eulogy. Francis's body then returned to the United States, and he was buried on June 5 at the George Washington Memorial Park in Paramus, New Jersey, the resting place of his parents.
-Francis Brunn remains one of the greatest jugglers of the twentieth century, and although he was often wrongly compared to Enrico Rastelli (there styles were vastly different), he was certainly one of the most original, unique, and to be sure, one of the most artistically creative. In his book ''Juggling: Its History and Greatest Performers'' (1984), Francisco Alvarez thus summarized Francis Brunn's artistry: "Trying to describe Brunn's act is like trying to describe the flight of a swallow."
+Francis Brunn remains one of the greatest jugglers of the twentieth century, and although he was often wrongly compared to Enrico Rastelli (their styles were vastly different), he was certainly one of the most original, unique, and to be sure, one of the most artistically creative. In his book ''Juggling: Its History and Greatest Performers'' (1984), Francisco Alvarez thus summarized Francis Brunn's artistry: "Trying to describe Brunn's act is like trying to describe the flight of a swallow."
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 File:Medrano_Poster_1947.jpg|Francis Brunn at Cirque Medrano in Paris (1947)
 File:Francis_Brunn_in_Paris.jpeg|Francis Brunn in Paris (1947)
 File:Francis_and_Lottie_Brunn.jpg|Francis & Lottie Brunn (1948)
 File:Francis_Brunn_Poster.jpg|Francis Brunn Poster (1948)

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 * Video: [[Francis_Brunn_Jack_Benny_Video_(1961)|Francis Brunn with Jack Benny]] on ''The Jack Benny Program'' (1961)
 * Video: [[Francis_Brunn_Video_(1969)|Francis Brunn, juggling act]], on ZDF Television (1969)
-* Video: [[Francis_Brunn_Cirque_d%27Hiver_Video_(1969)|Francis Brunn, juggling act]], at the Cirque d'Hiver in Paris (1969
+* Video: [[Francis_Brunn_Cirque_d%27Hiver_Video_(1969)|Francis Brunn, juggling act]], at the Cirque d'Hiver in Paris (1969)
 * Biography: [[Lottie Brunn]]

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-* Video: [[Francis_and_Lottie_Brunn_Video_(1948)|Francis & Lottie Brunn, jugglers]], on a Dutch newsreel in Paris (1948)
+* Video: [[Francis_and_Lottie_Brunn_Video_(1948)|Francis & Lottie Brunn, jugglers]], on a Dutch newsreel in Paris (1947)
 * Video: [[Francis_Brunn_Video_(1955)|Francis Brunn, juggling act]], on American television (1955)
 * Video: [[Francis_Brunn_Jack_Benny_Video_(1961)|Francis Brunn with Jack Benny]] on ''The Jack Benny Program'' (1961)

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 File:Angelo_Picinelli.jpg|Angelo Picinelli (c.1935)
 File:Medrano_Poster_1947.jpg|Francis Brunn at Cirque Medrano in Paris (1947)
 File:Francis_and_Lottie_Brunn.jpg|Francis & Lottie Brunn (1948)
 File:Francis_Brunn_Poster.jpg|Francis Brunn Poster (1948)
 File:Francis_Brunn_Las_Vegas.jpg|Francis Brunn at the Tropicana (c.1965)
 File:Brunn_composite.jpg|Francis Brunn (c.1965)

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 Yet, he was applauded, and his career quickly took off. WWII started, but he continued working, mostly in ''varieté'' (Germany's specific form of variety shows), in Germany, and Axis and neutral countries, and somehow managed to avoid the Nazis' military conscription. The war over, he was working in Spain when [[John Ringling North]] saw him and offered Franz and Lotti a contract to join [[Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey]] Circus for its 1947 season. Franz and Lotti packed their clubs, rings and balls, and crossed the Atlantic; they became in the process Francis and Lottie (German-sounding names were not very popular in the U.S. after WWII!) and would eventually make the United States their home.
-With Lottie, Francis Brunn worked in the center ring of what was still truly then ''The Greatest Show on Earth''. Francis Brunn was billed as "The World's Greatest Juggler" in 1947, "The Greatest Juggler of All Time – Greater than the Great Rastelli" in 1948, "The Greatest Juggler of the Ages – Greater than the Great Rastelli&mdash;And Ten Times Faster" in 1949, and still "The Greatest Juggler of the Ages" in 1950. Needless to say, after four center-ring seasons with the Ringling show, which was still extremely popular, and all the press they generated, Francis Brunn had become a true circus and variety star in America, much sought after by agents and impresarios! In between seasons, he returned occasionally to perform winter engagements in Europe, notably in November-December 1947 at Paris's [[Cirque Medrano (Paris)|Cirque Medrano]].
+With Lottie, Francis Brunn worked in the center ring of what was still truly then ''The Greatest Show on Earth''. Francis Brunn was billed as "The World's Greatest Juggler" in 1947, "The Greatest Juggler of All Time – Greater than the Great Rastelli" in 1948, "The Greatest Juggler of the Ages – Greater than the Great Rastelli&mdash;And Ten Times Faster" in 1949, and still "The Greatest Juggler of the Ages" in 1950. Needless to say, after four center-ring seasons with the Ringling show, which was still extremely popular, and all the press they generated, Francis Brunn had become a true circus and variety star in America, much sought after by agents and impresarios! In between seasons, he returned occasionally to perform winter engagements in Europe, notably in December 1947 at Paris's famous [[Cirque Medrano (Paris)|Cirque Medrano]].
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