A final tightrope act at 76Sourced
She kept returning to the rope.
Her last act came at age 76.
French performer Madame Saqui continued tightrope work into her seventies. At her last appearance in 1862, aged 76, she wore a pilgrim's costume and a long false beard.
One more costume,
one more crossing.
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