Carla wasn’t diagnosed with COVID-19, but she’d been recently hospitalized with deteriorating health issues related to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and diabetes at Life Care Center of Sarasota. She passed away on Saturday morning.
Inducted into the Circus Ring of Fame in 2018, the youngest child in the Karl Wallenda dynasty was born at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in 1936, eight years after John Ringling persuaded Karl to join his circus in Sarasota. Carla parlayed those entertainment genes into a career that spanned 78 years, which concluded three years ago after an appearance on Steve Harvey’s “Forever Young” show and a cameo on Miley Cyrus’ “Younger Now” video.