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Posted: 2018-03-18T20:21:49Z | Updated: 2018-03-18T20:33:07Z

A Cirque du Soleil aerialist is dead after falling during a performance in Tampa, Florida, on Saturday, the entertainment company said Sunday.

Yann Arnaud lost his grip on a strap around 10 p.m. during the companys VOLTA show and fell about a dozen feet onto the stage, reported The Tampa Bay Times . TMZ reported that a video, since deleted, showed Arnaud landed head first.

Arnaud was transported to a nearby hospital, where he died from his injuries, according to a statement by Cirque du Soleil.

The entire Cirque du Soleil family is in shock and devastated by this tragedy, Daniel Lamarre, president and CEO of Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group, said in the statement. Yann had been with us for over 15 years and was loved by all who had the chance to know him.

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Cirque du Soleil (@Cirque) March 18, 2018

Arnaud, a French native, leaves behind a wife and at least two daughters, according to his social media pages. Both Arnaud and fellow VOLTA aerialist Pawel Walczewski had recently shared Instagram posts about their strap act.

After so much work and training and staging, our straps duo act is finally in the show tonight, Arnaud posted Friday. Its time to go for it.

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