Lou Jacobs

Lou Jacobs ( born January 1, 1903 in Bremerhaven, † September 13th 1992 in Sarasota, Florida, actually Johann Ludwig Jacob ) was an American clown and entertainer German - Jewish origin.

Life

Jacobs was born in 1903 in Bremerhaven and gained stage experience as a child. In 1923 he emigrated to the United States, where he appeared in the New York vaudeville shows under the name Lou Jacobs. In 1925 he hired the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, where he remained until 1985. In 1948, he played for the children who had survived the concentration camps of the Nazis. In 1952, Jacobs made ​​a cameo appearance in Cecil B. DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth with James Stewart. In 1953 he married Jean Rockwell, from the marriage were born two daughters. 1966 Jacobs was honored with a stamp in the U.S..

In the 1970s, Jacobs was one of the founders of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College, where he taught a master class until 1991.

In 1987 he received the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Lifetime Achievement Award. A year later, his star in the Sarasota 's Circus Ring of Fame was unveiled. 1989 Jacobs was inducted into the Circus Hall of Fame in Peru, Indiana, and the Clown Hall of Fame in Delavan, Wisconsin. In addition, he was honored at the International Circus Festival in Monte Carlo.

Jacobs died in 1992 at the age of 89 years in Sarasota, Florida, due to heart failure.

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