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Alfredo Codona

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Circus Performer

The Resume

    (October 7, 1893-July 30, 1937)
    Born in Hermoosillo, Mexico
    Trapeze artist with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus
    One of the first aerialists to perfect the triple somersault
    Married to fellow circus aerialist (see pic) Lillian Leitzel (1928-31)
    Committed murder-suicide with his third wife in a Long Beach divorce lawyer's office at age 43

Why he might be annoying:

    He was thrice married.
    He was not even a year removed from his first marriage when he wed Leitzel.
    He had a violent temper.
    After Leitzel's death, he became depressed and took risky chances on the trapeze.
    He fell hard into the net many times and was forced to retire due to injury, becoming a Long Beach garage mechanic.
    He shot Vera Bruce four times in front of her horrified mother, then put a bullet in his brain.

Why he might not be annoying:

    While he didn't invent the triple somersault, he was considered to be the 'triple king.'
    He and his wife became star attractions at the circus and were dubbed 'King and Queen of the trapeze.'
    He never fully recovered emotionally from the tragic death of Leitzel.
    He was the stunt double for Johnny Weissmuller in the 1934 film 'Tarzan and His Mate.'
    In 1961, he was inducted into the International Circus Hall of Fame.
    He was one of the most consistent and graceful trapeze artists the circus has ever known.

Credit: Scar Tactics


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 26 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 621 Votes: 64.90% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 20 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 73.33% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 29 Votes: 55.17% Annoying