[1] Born in Paris, France, Jarraud fought in 1939 with the French Army World War II in Belgium at the age of 17.
He was decorated of the Croix de Guerre after he was captured by troops of Nazi Germany but later narrowly escaped the Germans.
[2] Jarraud made a brief attempt in politics when he was a Progressive Conservative Candidate in the 1974 federal elections in the riding of St. Henri.
Jarraud had used his experience at the circus for climbing the superstructure of the bridge to prevent people from jumping into the Saint Lawrence River below.
Jarraud died in Paris on August 17, 2007, at the age of 84 just over a month after suffering from respiratory and heart problems.