Alexis Grüss, circus figure, died at the age of 79. His family paid tribute to “a master of the equestrian arts” whose “foundations of his life were until the end, his family, the horses, the track” A religious ceremony will take place on Thursday, April 11, in the Saint-Roch church in the 1st arrondissement of Paris.

He was notably an acrobat, trapeze artist, clown, squire and even a musician.