■CANADA
Circus performer dies
A Cirque du Soleil performer has died after falling off a trampoline during a training session in Montreal. The company said Oleksandr Zhurov (Sacha) died in a Montreal hospital on Saturday, one day after the 24-year-old Ukrainian performer fell while doing general training exercises. Zhurov joined the company a few months ago. Cirque founder Guy Laliberte says he was deeply saddened by the death of the artist.
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