From Yahoo! Canada News: Celebrated Canadian tightrope walker Jay Cochrane died Wednesday in Niagara Falls, Ont., at the age of 69. A tribute on Cochrane‘s website to the man dubbed ‘‘The Prince of the Air‘‘ says he died from pancreatic cancer. See also: UPI – Highwire performer Jay Cochrane dies at the age of 69…
I haven’t had a chance yet to see Jay Cochrane walk the wire from the Skylon Tower to the Hilton Fallsview tower. I’ve seen him before and thought it was an excellent show. Apparently there are a couple of great ways to see the walk. The first is to be there in person. You can…
From the Daily Mail (it includes some nice pictures): He is called ‘Prince of the Air’ and in the first of a planned 81 death-defying walks he truly lives up to his name. Wirewalker Jay Cochrane ticked the first walk off his long list as he treaded the two inch wire between the Skylon Tower and…