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Cirque du Soleil acrobat Yann Arnaud was killed in an onstage accident in Tampa, Florida, on Saturday night, prompting the Canadian troupe to cancel its final two performances of its traveling show, “Volta.” Arnaud, who was a 15-year veteran of Cirque du Soleil, was performing the aerial straps routine during the show when he fell 15 feet and fell on his side on the stage. He was unresponsive when medical personnel attended to him, and he was later pronounced dead at a local hospital. Cirque du Soleil says it is investigating the accident and is cooperating with authorities. The last two...

A cast member of the traveling Cirque du Soleil suffered a fatal fall this weekend, dying at a hospital after an aerial stunt went terribly wrong ... and video of the incident has just surfaced. The acrobat, Yann Arnaud, was performing during a live Cirque du Soleil production of "Volta" in Tampa Saturday night when he fell onto the stage during an aerial straps number.  In the video, which has since been deleted, you can see...