Sad week for jugglers.

the Executioner · Post by **the Executioner** » 08 Jun 2004 07:55

Last week, one of the greatest performance artists of our time, Francis Brunn, died at 81 years of age. Francis was my hero and a true inspiration. Anyone not familiar with Francis' skills should go to this site and download the "Francis Brunn on the Jack Benny Show" video to see some of his impossible tricks. The man was at the highest level.

http://www.lysator.liu.se/juggling/

Also last week, 3 more of the great jugglers in history died, Francisco Alvarez, Topper Martin, and Sean McKinney. Sean was my age and an amazing technical juggler; Tim Kelly and I learned alot by watching him when we were learning in San Francisco.

Splint · Post by **Splint** » 08 Jun 2004 12:11

THAT WAS AWESOME

. He had so many freestyle footbag moves in there and he was using a BALL. Just imagine what he could have done with a footbag.
Thanks for sharin' Pete.

By the way, what happened to Sean McKinney? Juggling accident, auto, health or other?

Chris Hanratty · Post by **Chris Hanratty** » 08 Jun 2004 13:17

That guy was incredible, it really is sad that such a performer has passed...

Thanks for posting this Peter.

bigdirtyfoot · Post by **bigdirtyfoot** » 08 Jun 2004 13:26

Yeah thank you. That video is amazing. It's so corny yet I still found myself laughing because the man was so entertaining.

wicked · Post by **wicked** » 09 Jun 2004 02:23

That heel kick to double ball spin on finger trick is so amazing. I cant beleive he mastered that for the camera. AAA+++. Very sad for juggling.