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Le Grand David

... Le Grand David and His Spectacular Magic Company was the longest consecutively running stage magic show in the world...
... Jerry Andrus called his home the castle of chaos…
... Al Mann was at Dunninger's bedside when he died…
…Channing Pollock gave his act, including his birds, to his chauffeur...
…Tony Corinda had the magic concession in Hamley's Toy Shop and it was run by Ali Bongo…

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+* ... [[Le Grand David]] and His Spectacular Magic Company was the longest consecutively running stage magic show in the world...
+* ... [[Jerry Andrus]] called his home the castle of chaos…
+* ... [[Al Mann]] was at  [[Dunninger]]'s bedside when he died…
+* …[[Channing Pollock]] gave his act, including his birds, to his chauffeur...
+* …[[Tony Corinda]] had the magic concession in [[Hamley's]] Toy Shop and it was run by [[Ali Bongo]]…
-* ... George Casaubon was the pen name of [[Monsignor Vincent Foy]], a  Roman Catholic priest and a magic collector.
-* ... [[Professor Henderson]] (Milton H. Grannat) was one of the crew on the Monitor, during the [[Civil War]]. After retiring from the Federal Navy at the close of the Civil War, he became a magician.
-* ... [[Mac McDonald]](1907-c.1982), of [[McDonald's Aces]] fame, was a diamond broker before he became a magician...
-* ... [[Jack Merlin]] (c.1885-1943) was buried at Marion National Cemetery in Marion, Indiana...
-* ... [[Houdini]] had a nephew, [[Harry Houdini Hinson]], who was an amateur magician that died at the age of 21...
-* ... [[Houdini]] wrote under the name "N. Osey" for both [[Mahatma]] and his own [[Conjurers' Monthly Magazine]]....
-* ... American author John Ball (who wrote the mystery novel "In the Heat of the Night" involving the African-American police detective Virgil Tibbs in 1965) performed as a semi-professional magician in college as [[Jacques_Morintell]]...
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