The Passing of Robert Nelson

"[...] the Butterfly Man routinely juggled a seven-ball Reverse-Cascade in his show. “I do it backwards just to piss off other jugglers,” he would explain to the audience."

Juggler Robert Nelson, a.k.a. The Butterfly Man, died on August 27, 2012.

I'm not familiar with the juggling community, and I admit that my knowledge of jugglers of renown consists mainly of Viktor Kee and Anthony Gatto. But from what I've read of Robert Nelson, it is clear that a legend of juggling has left us.

My respects to the Nelson family, and the juggling community.

You can read his obituary here.