American clown and comedian Django Edwards died Friday in Barcelona after suffering from cancer at the age of 73, his media attaché in France reported Saturday.
Django Edwards, born Stanley Ted Edwards in 1950 in Detroit, began working as a clown in the 1970s, then moved to Europe, where he achieved widespread fame in France with his performances at Le Splendid for nine months between 1987 and 1988.
He was also known for his striking humorous interventions, out of the ordinary, in one of the most famous French television programs on "Canal +", which is "Nulle part ailleurs", which was presented by Antoine du Cone.
He founded the "New Clown" movement, and in 2009 he established an institute dedicated to this activity in Barcelona, where he lived with his wife, Christy Garbo.
Edwards has just finished writing a book called "The Clown's Bible," according to his columnist, Claire Gunto.
