Le soir où la Mouche humaine s’écrasa
The evening when the Human Fly crashed
Long article in French published today in the Quebec newspaper La Presse on the show given by the Human Fly at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal on October 7, 1977
(With Youtube videos, Newspapers archives, and many interviews)
Extracts - Google Translate
"In the fall of 1977, the Olympic Stadium was used to major events. The Olympics had been held there a year earlier, the Expos and Alouettes drew huge crowds, and in such a delusion of grandeur, the next step was probably to plan a disco night during which a stuntman on a motorcycle would try to jump over 26 yellow buses."
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"This stunning story begins somewhere in the mid-1970s, in the Roma Foods factory in Montreal. At the head of the company at that time, there were two brothers, Joe and Dominic Ramacieri, who wanted to make something other than sausage. They decide to found a company, Human Fly Spectaculars Limited, named after a character, the Human Fly, a stuntman who will be called upon to make the crowds run by defying death each time."
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"As the weeks went by, the Human Fly told Michaelson that his body was made of 60% metal, due to multiple operations after a serious car accident. He will also reveal his real name or, at least, the name he wants to reveal: Rick Rojatt."
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"Over time, the rest of this story has aroused passions in some corners of the web. A first documentary on the Human Fly was started in the mid-2000s, then abandoned.
Another, built by a British team, is said to be on track."
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"The secret identity of the character has also been the subject of several rumors. For example, Rick Rojatt has recently been seen in Ontario, as well as in Calgary. Some have suggested that the former stuntman is a Quebecer named Richard Rajotte."
À l’automne 1977, le Stade olympique est habitué aux grands évènements. Les Jeux olympiques y avaient été présentés un an plus tôt, les Expos et les Alouettes y attiraient des foules considérables, et dans une telle folie des grandeurs, la prochaine étape était sans doute de planifier une soirée...
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