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Date of Birth

10 October 1895, New York City, New York, USA

Date of Death

13 May 1976, New York City, New York, USA (complications from kidney surgery)

Birth Name

Albert Levinson

Nickname

The Coney Island Fakir

Height

5' 2" (1.57 m)

Mini Biography

Vaudeville-era magician, know as "The Coney Island Fakir"; he perfected the 'Misers' Dream' trick of catching coins out of thin air and dropping them in a bucket. He was later featured on early TV shows such as 'Toast of the Town', 'The Ed Sullivan Show', 'The Steve Allen Show' and 'Wonderama', among many others. In 1939 he took over the Hornmann-Martinka magic shop on 34th Street in New York City; the store that had once been owned by Harry Houdini. He ran the shop, America's oldest continuously run magic shop, until his death in 1976. At that point his son, Jackie, took over the shop.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Dai Kornberg