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Clifford P. Kirkpatrick

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Clifford P. Kirkpatrick
BornClifford Purvis Kirkpatrick
July 4, 1893
Kentucky
DiedJune 30, 1966 (age 72)
Los Angeles, California
Resting placeRose Hills Memorial Park

Clifford P. Kirkpatrick (1893-1966), a police office, performed as "Fort Wayne's cop magician" in Indiana.


Biography

His father, Frederic La Delle (1866-1941), had a career as a circus performer, magician and vaudeville performer

As a boy, he toured with his parents and sister in vaudeville around 1910 in an act called the Four LaDelles.

Clifford was producing doves as early as 1930.[1]

There are a few patents filed by a "Clifford P. Kirkpatrick" of Indiana between 1908 and 1911.[2]

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