Mario Wallenda

{{Short description|American acrobat}}

{{notability|date=April 2015}}

Mario Wallenda (May 6, 1940 – April 12, 2015) was an American acrobat and highwire artiste, a member of The Flying Wallendas.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11545322/Mario-Wallenda-highwire-artiste-obituary.html|title=Mario Wallenda, highwire artiste - obituary|date=April 17, 2015|work=Telegraph.co.uk}}{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20150416/ARCHIVES/504161024|title=Mario Wallenda died hoping to perform yet again|work=HeraldTribune.com|accessdate=April 20, 2015}} He was the adopted son of Karl Wallenda.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/03/23/archives/new-jersey-pages-wallenda-is-killed-in-fall-from-wire-karl-wallenda.html|title=Karl Wallenda Is Killed in Fall from Wire|work=New York Times|date=23 March 1978 |accessdate=June 22, 2018 |last1=Jaynes |first1=Gregory }} He was paralyzed on January 30, 1962, when their trademark seven-person pyramid collapsed in the Michigan State Fairgrounds Coliseum.{{cite web|url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2014/11/03/wallendas-fatal-fall-detroit-circus/18405583/|title=The Wallendas' Tragedy in Detroit|work=Detroit Free Press|accessdate=June 22, 2018}}