Family and friends left devastated by acrobat’s death fall at Madrid festival

TRIBUTES have been paid to a British-based acrobat who fell to his death at a Spanish rock festival.

Aerial dancer Pedro Aunion Monroy plunged 100ft in front of thousands of music fans at the Mad Cool event in Madrid.

Paramedics attempted to save the 42-year-old, but he died at the scene.

A family member said Mr Monroy had been “doing what he liked most, a show at Mad Cool”, adding: “We’re devastated.”

Meanwhile, heartbroken friends paid tribute to the “beautiful person inside and out” whose “energy, humour, altruism and smile will be missed by so many”.

According to his Facebook profile, the former actor had lived in Brighton for two years and had trained at Royal Conservatory of Dance in Madrid.

In a final tragic post on Thursday, the performer, uploaded an illustration of him and his partner with the message: “I can’t wait to see my beautiful boyfriend. Love, come to my arms!!”

Mr Monroy, who also worked as a massage therapist at the Grand Hotel Brighton, was director of In Fact, a theatre company in south London.

Footage of the incident broadcast on Spanish YV showed a box high above the stage before tragedy struck late on Friday night.

Mr Monroy’s performance was scheduled between British indie band Alt J and the US rock band Green Day, who played at 11.25pm, oblivious to the tragedy.