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Queen of the High Wire Josephine Berosini
Blue eyed performer Josephine Berosini walks a 45 degree high wire and bicycles on a wire act twice daily in Ringling Brothers circus. At 29 she continues a family tradition after brother Otto died in 1950. she avoids thinking of death while performing.
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Josephine Berosini
Josephine
Ringling Brothers
Barnum & Bailey
Czechoslovakia
Berosini
Papa
Mama
Otto
Waco
Tex