Stagehands mishandled her wires and sent her crashing upside down into a wall. 1873: The actress Matilda Pascaly died from injuries suffered on stage while playing the part of an angel in Don Juan de Maraña.Eventually rescued, he died on the way to the hospital. Although other members of the show eventually forced the animals back into an inner cage they dragged Macarte with them. Attacked by the lions, he attempted to fight them off with his sword and a pistol loaded with blanks but they overcame him. 1872: Lion tamer Thomas Macarte, known as Massarti the Lion Tamer, who had previously lost an arm when attacked by one of the lions, entered the lion's cage for a performance with a travelling menagerie in Bolton market on 3 January.The volunteer from the audience was given the gun and a bullet to load onstage the bullet was a blank, but unbeknownst to Buck, the audience member inserted some nails into the gun barrel. 1840: Magician Arnold Buck was killed while performing the " bullet catch" trick.He had successfully leapt into High Falls one week previously. 1829: Sam Patch, an American daredevil, died in Rochester, New York, during a jump into the High Falls of the Genesee River.One of the six gunmen mistakenly loaded his rifle with a live bullet. 1820: Madame Delinsky, the female half of a magic act, was accidentally shot and killed while performing the " bullet catch" trick.He died of 'ossification of the heart' ( aortic stenosis) on 20 June having uttered his final words from the play "May such befall me at my latest hour. Cummins died on stage while playing the part of Dumont in The Tragedy of Jane Shore by Nicholas Rowe, at the Leeds Theatre in Hunslet. The superstition that green brings bad luck to actors is said to originate from the colour of the clothing he was wearing at the time of his death. However, he did not die on stage-as he was able to finish the play-but died a few minutes later at his home. 1673: Molière, the French actor and playwright, who suffered from pulmonary tuberculosis, died after being seized by a violent coughing fit while playing the title role in his play Le Malade imaginaire ( The Imaginary Invalid).
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