An acrobat team entertaining a charity dinner in Scottsdale, AZ, from forty feet above the crowd suffered a tragic loss Tuesday night when one of the acrobats fell to his death from the rafters of the Birds Nest, an entertainment venue near TPC Scottsdale.

(Image from 12 NEWS in Phoenix)

The event was meant to kick off the FBR Open, a week-long party atmosphere wrapped around a PGA tournament.  However, the ARIZONA REPUBLIC and 12 NEWS in Phoenix report the dinner was quickly ended as roughly 700 patrons were hustled out of the tent and CPR was administered to the 30-year-old man. He was pronounced dead an hour later.
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