The announcement that America’s best known and longest running circus, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, will close in May has been greeted with glee by animal rights activists, who have been trying ...

Jul. 23—PERU — Pat Kelly traveled the country performing in circuses as a sad, downtrodden clown for most his life, just like his father, Emmett Kelly, the iconic depression-era hobo clown named Weary ...

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In election season, it's not all that unusual to ask who the clown on the podium is. In the case of Dan Rice, it'd be even more appropriate. Rice, born on this day in 1823, was a famous circus clown, ...

Jun. 30—PERU — Thomas Patrick Kelly, the last living son of the nation's most famous hobo clown who followed his father into a career under the big top, died Sunday at Hickory Creek at Peru. He was 87 ...

Jenny Wallenda, 87, the matriarch of the famous family of high-flying circus performers, died late Saturday at her home in Sarasota, Florida, according to family members. Wallenda's nephew, Rick ...

You might know it as the “Greatest Show on Earth,” and as its manager puts it, the Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus is as American as baseball — and just as old. “(We are) 143 years (old),” ...

Author's note -- Setting the scene for our show -- Act One: The Saunders family -- Samuel Saunders -- Abraham Saunders -- Abarham Saunders jr and Sarah Saunders -- Act Two: The Samwell Family -- ...

One of the UK’s most famous circuses opened in Preston tonight and below is everything you need to know. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Lancashire Evening Post, you can get unlimited ...

Blake Wallenda, seventh generation performer of the world renown Wallenda family, will perform a sky walk for the first time in Hawaii on Monday, February 17, 2020 at Ala Moana Hotel by Mantra at ...