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	Harry Blackstone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Harry Blackstone (September 27, 1885 - November 16, 1965) was a famed magician.
		Blackstone was born Harry Bouton, and was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois.
		Blackstone spent the last years of his life performing at The Magic Castle, a magical attraction in Hollywood, California.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harry_Blackstone (192 words)

	BlackstoneMem-A
		Harry Blackstone was the gifted son and professional heir of The Great Blackstone, America's legendary creative magical genius who led the art of stage magic and illusion to heights never achieved before his era.
		Harry Blackstone was an author, an actor, an inventor, a casino showroom headliner, a TV personality, a teacher, a father, and the creator and performer of the longest running magic and illusion show ever to play Broadway.
		Harry's most recent return to Broadway was in conjunction with "The Boys Choir of Harlem and Friends on Broadway," "This was a unique opportunity in every sense," said Blackstone.
	www.geocities.com /ronsmagic/BlackstoneMem-A.html?1029129761430<I (1102 words)

	Harry Blackstone Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was born in Three Rivers, Michigan on June 30, 1934, the son of noted stage magician]] [[Harry Blackstone, also known as "The Great Blackstone".
		Rather than utilize the routines his father developed, Blackstone developed his own and modernized his performance.
		Blackstone lived in Redlands, California for many years.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harry_Blackstone_Jr. (173 words)

	Harry Blackstone Jr. -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		He was the son of noted stage (Someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience) magician (Click link for more info and facts about Harry Blackstone) Harry Blackstone, also known as "The Great Blackstone".
		He was an author, stage magician, and (A telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points) television performer.
		Harry Blackstone Junior died May 14, 1997 in (Click link for more info and facts about Loma Linda, California) Loma Linda, California of (Cancer of the pancreas) pancreatic cancer.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/ha/harry_blackstone_jr.htm (168 words)

	Two Freshmen Work Their Magic at 'SC
		And by the second week of school, Meier had stumbled upon Blackstone, the heir apparent to the famous magic act that her father inherited from his own father, Harry Blackstone Sr.
		Until Harry Blackstone died in May at age 62, Bellamie and her mother, Gay, were fixtures in his act, along with hundreds of rabbits, a camel, a tiger, an elephant and dozens of other performers.
		Besides, Blackstone is in- trigued by the possibilities of performing solo, a taste she acquired in speech competitions while attending Redlands High School.
	www.usc.edu /uscnews/stories/3071.html (1050 words)

	How Harry Blackstone brought magic to Michigan
		Harry Blackstone, right, pulls the disembodied head of his assistant Betty from a cylinder, much to the amazement of an audience member.
		Blackstone was one of the nation's foremost magicians for years.
		Blackstone, whose real name was Boughton, was born in 1885 and grew up in the Chicago area with six siblings.
	info.detnews.com /history/story/index.cfm?id=83&category=people (1623 words)

	Alumnus, theater school supporter dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Harry Blackstone, Jr., known as the last of the great traditional magicians and a graduate of the USC School of Theatre, died May 14 at the age of 62.
		Blackstone authored such books as "The Blackstone Book of Magic," "There's One Born Every Minute" and "My Life As A Magician." He produced special effects for musical groups such as Earth, Wind and Fire and The New Kids On The Block.
		Blackstone had been successfully fighting pancreatic cancer during the last year, but continued to perform despite undergoing treatment.
	www.usc.edu /student-affairs/dt/V131/N02/03-alumnus.02c.html (441 words)

	The Monsters & Magic Memorabilia Sale - Liveauctioneers
		Harry Blackstone Twister Illusion This was used to create the illusion that an assistant's body was being twisted.
		Blackstone Magic: Large Blue Anvil Case Large Blue Anvil Case on wheels was used on various Blackstone tours to house miscellaneous...
		Blackstone Award: City of Omaha, Nebraska Honorary brass key from the Mayor of Omaha, with a crest of the state, 7½"x3".
	www.liveauctioneers.com /catalogs/333-500-500.html (2274 words)

	The Monsters & Magic Memorabilia Sale - Liveauctioneers
		Harry Blackstone Book of Life Production Book The Book of Life illusion is a large cabinet, designed to look like a book, magically produ...
		The Blackstone Clown Jammer Illusion The Clown Jammer illusion was used by Harry Blackstone Jr.
		HARRY BLACKSTONE ASRAH LEVITATION SETEE Built by John Gaughan, this is the couch only for the classic levitation in which a lovely...
	www.liveauctioneers.com /catalogs/333-500.html?order=ed (2372 words)

	Harry Blackstone, Jr.
		Every time Harry Blackstone steps on stage for a performance, he brings with him the legacy of an American theatrical tradition that dates back for nearly a century.
		Harry Blackstone is an author; an actor; an inventor; a casino showroom headliner; a TV personality; a teacher; a father; and the creator and performer of the largest magic and illusion show ever to play Broadway.
		Harry proved the popularity of this modern approach in 1980, when after touring the U.S. and setting box-office records in sixteen major cities, he arrived at the Majestic Theater on Broadway, where to unanimous rave reviews he presented the longest-running magic and illusion show in the history of the New York theatre.
	www.amdest.com /stars/harryb.html (789 words)

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		Blackstone is a name which is well known by connoisseurs of magic.
		Blackstone has attempted to br- ing some Broadway-style flashiness to an art that has long has a more subdued, for- mal air of mystery in its showmanship.
		If Blackstone hopes to achieve his goal, he should continue to try to m ake his show a more unified series of skits or stories in which the magic plays a deciding role.
	www-tech.mit.edu /archives/VOL_100/TECH_V100_S0273_P006.txt (1377 words)

	MSN Encarta - Print Preview - Magic (conjuring)
		The American magician Harry Kellar took his show, which included sleight of hand, illusions, and the duplication of feats performed by alleged spirit mediums, around the world.
		Harry August Jansen, who used Dante as his professional name, and Harry Blackstone carried on the tradition.
		Another American magician, Harry Houdini, won world renown by effecting sensational escapes from police handcuffs, straitjackets, and prison cells.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761578840___3/Magic_(conjuring).html (779 words)

	Lance Burton
		Harry Collins (the man who impressed Lance years before) was a full-time professional magician in Kentucky.
		Harry in his wisdom, saw this as a faddish trend that would eventually fade.
		Harry Houdini, the most famous escape artist of all time, was widely regarded as a magician and remains an international legend in the field of magic.
	www.asiatravel.com /usa/nevada/lasvegas/montecarlo/lanceburton (2264 words)

	Magic History: Manufacturers: NEMCA.
		From the envelope: Harry Blackstone (1885-1965) born Henry Bouton in Chicago, Illinois, wowed audiences with such classic illusuins as the Buzz Saw, Dancing Handkerchief and the floating Light Bulb.
		Blackstone featured fast moving magic with sense of humor, glamour and excitement that established him as America's top stage magician.
		From the envelope: Harry Houdini (1874-1926) Harry Houdini is the most famous name in the history of magic.
	www.mymagic.com /magichistory/dealers/nemca (1118 words)

	As if by magic, cemetery anything but grave place
		The tombstone of Harry Bouton, who changed his name to Harry Blackstone, is among headstones in the Colon Cemetery.
		In the center of the cemetery, Harry Blackstone Sr.
		Many of Blackstone's original designs are used in performances by magicians around the world and are still produced at the Abbott Magic Co. in Colon.
	www.freep.com /news/mich/wmagic27.htm (406 words)

	AUTOGRAPHS - Randi
		Depending on the year signed, a Blackstone signature might also contain a quick self sketch of his face, and maybe even the short poem "May you live as long as you want, and never want as long as you live; And live ten years longer than I, and I shall never die."
		That was his son, the late Harry Blackstone Jr., who naturally inherited not only his father's show, but his father's outstanding performing style.
		Spanning over 100 years in magic, the Blackstone family name has come to represent pure Americana within the depths of the conjuring field.
	www.magicandillusion.com /muse/auto/a-rand/a-rand01.html (262 words)

	Harry Blackstone Jr. Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		He was the son of noted stage magician Harry Blackstone, also known as "The Great Blackstone".
		The Redlands East Valley High School Performing Arts Theater is Named In His Honor, in Redlands, California, where he lived.
		Harry Blackstone Junior died May 14, 1997 in Loma Linda, California due to complications arising from pancreatic cancer.
	popularityguide.com /encyclopedia/Harry_Blackstone_Jr. (336 words)

	THE GRIM READER - INTERNET EDITION
		Blackstone was the son of turn-of-the-century magician Harry Blackstone Sr, also known as "Balckstone The Great".
		Harry Bouton Blackstone was born into the magical Blackstone Family in June of 1934 in Colon, MI.
		Blackstone was called "the last link to the era of magic" by the Associated Press when he died last month.
	www.grimsociety.com /reader/gr19.html (2282 words)

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		The media was full today with news of the death of Harry Blackstone, Jr., who died on Wednesday, May 14, of pancreatic cancer.
		Not every magician's name is a household word, but Blackstone's was, both on his father's account and on his own, and it was nice that the world noticed.
		Blackstone (pere and fils) performed full illusion shows, but both will be remembered for what they did with a birdcage, a handkerchief, and a light bulb.
	littleegyptmagic.com /five97.htm (2280 words)

	Variety.com - Harry Blackstone dies at 62
		Magician Harry Blackstone, who carried the torch for an earlier era of magic that thrilled generations before TV, has died.
		Blackstone died Wednesday at Loma Linda U. Medical Center in Loma Linda, apparently from complications of pancreatic cancer.
		Blackstone's late father, Harry Blackstone Sr., was a legend and a contemporary of Houdini.
	www.variety.com /article/VR1117341675 (190 words)

	Darren Romeo, The Voice of Magic
		LOS ANGELES – January 24, 2002 – Darren Romeo and Blackstone Magik Enterprises today annouced that Darren will feature one of the Blackstone classic illusions, The Floating Light Bulb, in his new show at The Mirage.
		The famous illusion, performed by both Harry Blackstone Jr.
		Blackstone was the first magician Darren ever saw perform, and it was the gift of a dove from Blackstone which began his creation of a professional magic act.
	www.darrenromeo.com /news/release_020124.htm (123 words)

	Magicians Who Have Influenced Lance Burton
		It started 32 years ago at a Christmas party, when magician Harry Collins - who is memorialized in a statue at Cave Hill Cemetery - pulled coins from Lance's ears.
		Blackstone did a Christmas show called "Holiday on Ice" as well as the longest running magic show on Broadway.
		One of the most famous was Harry Houdini's "Water Torture Death Tank" which he carried out for his NBC TV special "The Encounter." Houdini developed the illusion but never had the chance to do it.
	www.lanceburton.com /otherside/history.html (638 words)

	JS Online: JS Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		One of her early Great American Children's Theatre productions featured Milwaukee magician David Seebach, and she was later approached about producing a large magic show, an opportunity she turned down.
		But three years ago Mitze started thinking about developing a magic musical for Broadway at about the same time that magician Harry Blackstone Jr.
		In most cases, those pieces of magic belonged to legendary magician Harry Blackstone Sr.
	www.jsonline.com /enter/performingarts/jaques/jul00/mitze31072800.asp?format=print (909 words)

	Floridian: The lucky, cheesy life of Darren Romeo
		When he was 11, his father took him to see the famous magician Harry Blackstone Jr.
		When Siegfried and Roy handed him his big chance, an afternoon show at the Mirage with all the publicity and trimmings, he went back to the place where he got his start with the bird.
		He went to the widow of Harry Blackstone Jr.
	www.sptimes.com /2003/07/14/Floridian/The_lucky__cheesy_lif.shtml (1243 words)

	Taps (ASA Veterans)
		The world-famous magician was the son of the late Harry Blackstone, Sr., often known simply as "the Great Blackstone." Blackstone, Jr.
		Kenneth John FAWCETT Jr was born in 1931 in Norfolk, Norfolk Co, Virginia.
		Kenneth John Fawcett Jr., 66, of the 2300 block of Barbour Road, died at Fairfax Hospital July 2, 1997, of cancer.
	nasaa-home.org /taps/taps3.htm (7924 words)

	City Pulse - a newspaper for the rest of us
		Blackstone Jr., who died in 1997, was one of the young David Copperfield’s biggest influences.
		Kids weaned on the J.K. Rowling serials dragged their parents to “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” last Thanksgiving, and parents in turn, who grew up entrenched in J.R.R. Tolkien’s epics, schlepped their kids along to witness Frodo and friends on their incredible journey one month later.
		Jean-Eugene Robert-Houdin, a French illusionist — and Harry Houdini’s namesake — appeared before an angry group of Arab revolutionaries (at the behest of his government) and proclaimed that he could remove their physical power, rendering them weak and, thus, defenseless.
	www.lansingcitypulse.com /020403/020403cover.html (2142 words)

	Mad Hatter Magic
		While his real name was Harry Broughton, this Chicago-born magician was the top illusionist by the end of the 1930’s.
		His illusions include the “Dancing Handkerchief” and the “Floating Light Bulb.” He is the father of Harry Blackstone Jr.
		Harry August Jansen was hired by Howard Thurston who gave him his stage name “Dante.” This emigrant from Denmark’s stage trademark was to utter three nonsense words: “Sim Sala Bim,” during his performances to acknowledge applause.
	www.madhattermagic.com /greatones.asp (1503 words)

	Accountant in Bay City specializes in magic tricks - 07/11/04
		Hall met Blackstone at an International Brotherhood of Magicians convention in Las Vegas one year.
		Hall told Blackstone he was from Michigan, and the two struck up a conversation.
		The brochure ended up in the Blackstone Museum, and Hall received an autographed picture of Blackstone Sr., whom Hall describes as Houdini’s greatest rival.
	www.detnews.com /2004/metro/0407/11/d04m-208580.htm (609 words)

	Martinka Magic Auction
		This large bouquet was stage used by Harry Blackstone Jr.
		This feather bouquet is intended as a collectible and would need to be reworked for use as some of the legs are loose.
		This bouquet was purchased in the 2003 Blackstone auction as part of a larger lot.
	www.martinka.com /martinka/auction/APViewItem.asp?ID=4857 (310 words)

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