article_snippet.sent: Jenny Wallenda, 87, the matriarch of the famous family of high-flying circus performers, died late Saturday at Wallenda Sarasota, FloridaFlorida, according to family members.
article_snippet.sent: Wallenda's nephew, Rick Wallenda, said his aunt died following a lengthy illness. '
article_snippet.sent: Wallenda died late Saturday at age 87 .
article_snippet.sent: Wallenda is seen in London in this November 1976 photograph .
article_snippet.sent: Wallenda later fell to Wallenda death in 1978 .
article_snippet.sent: Wallenda fell to his death in 1978.
article_snippet.sent: Wallenda survived the invasion of Berlin by Soviet forces at the end of World War II and returned to the United States in 1947 to perform with Wallenda family.
article_snippet.sent: Wallenda parents sent Wallenda to Germany to live with Wallenda grandparents in 1934 at age 6.
highlights_snippet.sent: Jenny Wallenda, 87, the matriarch of the famous family of high-flying circus performers, died late Saturday at her home in Sarasota, Florida .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: her nephew, Rick Wallenda, said his aunt died following a lengthy illness .
  