Con Colleano
Deceased Person
1899 – 1973
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Who was Con Colleano?
Con Colleano was an Australian tightrope walker who was the first person to successfully attempt a forward somersault on a tightrope and became one of the most celebrated and highly paid circus performers of his time. He was known as "The Wizard of the Wire" or "The Toreador of the Wire".
He was born Cornelius Sullivan in Lismore, New South Wales, the son of an Irish man and a woman of indigenous descent whose father was of African heritage from St Thomas in the West Indies.
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- Born
- Dec 26, 1899
Lismore - Ethnicity
- Indigenous Australians
- Nationality
- Australia
- Died
- Nov 13, 1973
Miami
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on July 23, 2013
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