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Smart, whose real name was Stanley, was the tenth child and third son of Billy Smart, Sr. His father was a showman and fairground proprietor, who bought a circus in 1946. Smart made his circus debut with "Billy Smart’s New World Circus" as assistant ringmaster aged 12. He was soon performing with ponies and horses, but became best known later for his elephant acts. In one famous incident, he tamed a herd of performing elephants when they stampeded in the ring. At its peak, in the days before animal rights were a popular issue, Billy Smart's four-masted Big Top could hold over 5,000 people, with a show including hundreds of animals and performers. Ferris wheel Amusement park is the more generic term for a collection of amusement rides and other entertainment attractions assembled for the purpose of entertaining a fairly large group of people. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... A pony is a certain kind of small horse, as determined by the animals height in hands. ... Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 The Horse (Equus caballus) is a sizeable ungulate mammal, one of the seven modern species of the genus Equus. ... Genera and Species Loxodonta Loxodonta cyclotis Loxodonta africana Elephas Elephas maximus Elephas recki (extinct) Stegodon (extinct) Deinotherium (extinct) Mammuthus (extinct) Elephantidae (the elephants) is the only extant family in the order Proboscidea. ... Genera and Species Loxodonta Loxodonta cyclotis Loxodonta africana Elephas Elephas maximus Elephas recki (extinct) Stegodon (extinct) Deinotherium (extinct) Mammuthus (extinct) Elephantidae (the elephants) is the only extant family in the order Proboscidea. ... A stampede is an act of mass impulse among herd animals or a crowd of people in which the herd (or crowd) collectively begins running with no clear direction or purpose. ... This article is about the album Animal Rights. ...

Smart, together with his brothers, Ronald Smart and David Smart, took over management of the circus when their father died in 1966. The circus ceased touring in 1971, but televised performances continued until 1983, drawing audiences of up to 22 million at its height. The Smart Brothers also developed Guernsey Zoo, selling it in 1972, and opened Royal Windsor Safari Park in 1969 before selling it in 1977 (it is now the site of Legoland). He lost the sight in his right eye in 1978 after cosmetic surgery severed the optic nerve, ending his career as an animal trainer. LEGO features a large variety of themed figurines (minifigures), including Space, Castle, and Town. ... Plastic surgery is a general term for operative manual and instrumental treatment which is performed for functional or aesthetic reasons. ... The optic nerve is the nerve that transmits visual information from the retina to the brain. ...

The "Billy Smart's" touring circus was revived by his brother Ronald and nephew Gary in 1993, but Smart concentrated on a second career as a property developer, based in Spain.

Smart was a familiar figure in the gossip columns of the 1950s and 1960s as a well-known performer and eligible bachelor: his publicised liaisons included celebrities such as Jayne Mansfield, Diana Dors, and Shirley Bassey. Smart married Hanna Magol, a German Pan Am air stewardess in 1973, five weeks after they met en route from London to Los Angeles. He was diagnosed with lung cancer in April 2004. He was survived by his wife and their son and daugher. // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the baby-boom from returning... The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... A celebrity is a person who is widely recognized in a society. ... Jayne Mansfield Jayne Mansfield (April 19, 1933 – June 29, 1967) was an American actress and sex symbol. ... See the list of her movies and other details at the IMDB Categories: Stub | 1931 births | 1984 deaths ... Shirley Bassey in 2000 Dame Shirley Bassey (born January 8, 1937), is a Welsh singer, perhaps best known for performing the theme songs to the James Bond films Goldfinger (1964), Diamonds Are Forever (1971), and Moonraker (1979). ... Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) was the United States principal international airline from the 1930s until its collapse in 1991, and was credited with many innovations that shaped the international airline industry. ... Flight attendants, formerly called sky girls, air hostesses, stewardesses and stewards hold the primary responsibility for the safety and comfort of airline passengers. ... St. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ... The incidence of lung cancer is highly correlated with smoking. ...

External links

• Billy Smart's Circus

Obituaries

• Obituary (The Guardian, 24 May 2005)
• Obituary (The Telegraph, 24 May 2005)
• Obituary (The Times, 24 May 2005)