Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted January 11, 2014 American stage hypnotist Scott Lewis falls over balcony in Sydney before show: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-11/hypnotist-scott-lewis-falls-to-death-in-sydney/5195846Witnesses are saying on the radio that he "appeared mentally ill". 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted January 12, 2014 Oh come on! That's a real niche. Couldn't this death be placed in "ironic deaths" if he's been sleepwalking or something like that? What's next? Copperfield dies from an asthma attack due to magic dust? Paul Daniels tripping over a stray rabbit? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted January 12, 2014 LOL. I was trying to find a good place to put it and there wasn't one. Afterwards, I was actually thinking that there is an off-chance that an escapologist's stunt might go awry one day so we *might* get a second entry in this thread. As for the hypnotist, he was apparently just being a goose, trying to jump from balcony to balcony and missed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted August 18, 2014 Fuck it, why not let this thread live. Joanie Spina, who served as David Copperfield's lead assistant throughout the 80s and early 90s, dead at 61. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted April 17, 2015 Magician and escape artist Cosentino talks about the risks he takes: Unlike the early days, his stunts are growing more risky as each one is mastered. "There is real danger. I've really been to the hospital and I've got slashed up by a knife when I mistimed. I've ruptured my ear drums, and I've broken ribs," he said. He admits the adrenaline rush from completing complex stunts bears the hallmarks of a dangerous addiction. "If you're holding your breath and you're underwater, 10 metres deep, two and a half minutes - equivalent to a five minute breath hold - and you swim to the surface and you break that water ... you almost feel like you're reborn," he said. It was during such a stunt – an underwater escape called Dropped - that Cosentino first felt in fear of losing his life. "You train yourself to be very calm because when you panic you increase your heart rate, you move quickly, of course that means that when you're underwater you're burning through oxygen. That's not what you want," he said. With the world-renowned magician ready to prove he has yet to reach his limits, the risk factor is sure to escalate. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-17/illusionist-cosentino-speaks-to-one-plus-one/6398576 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,586 Posted May 14, 2015 Hypnotist Martin St. James has died aged 80. He was, according to the report, banned by the BBC for hypnotising members of MI5 on Pakinson. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted May 28, 2015 Technically, it's the right thread though it doesn't quite capture the spirit: Eron the Wizard - formerly Ian Wilson - a "real-life wizard" in the pagan tradition, has died at 63 to cancer: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/wiccan-funeral-eron-wizard-laid-5778317 It was the first pagan burial ceremony in Britain for centuries. Oh, there's even a BBC link: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cornwall-32905942 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted June 2, 2015 Hypnotist Martin St. James has died aged 80. He was, according to the report, banned by the BBC for hypnotising members of MI5 on Pakinson. Thanks for posting that. I was going to do so at the time but didn't get around to it. Yes, I didn't get that bit about Parkinson when I read the news report: did he invite them on his show for some other reason? DId they volunteer to be hypnotised? If so, surely it was their own fault... Was he banned because they were worried they would start spilling state secrets whilst in the trance or did they worry he would give them subliminal instructions to go and off Thatcher or something? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,024 Posted November 18, 2015 American magician and mentalist, Barrie Richardson, has died at 81. https://www.facebook.com/ChicagoMagicinc/posts/587418738063224 Also authored Theater of the Mind. Here's a flavour: https://youtu.be/5hxlG5SS1GU Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted January 18, 2016 UK magician Dynamo suffers from Crohn's Disease and thinks about how dying on stage could be good for his legacy: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/dynamo-dying-on-stage-would-be-good-for-the-legacy/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dead Wait 1,129 Posted January 18, 2016 UK magician Dynamo suffers from Crohn's Disease and thinks about how dying on stage could be good for his legacy: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/dynamo-dying-on-stage-would-be-good-for-the-legacy/ Doesn't Bill Bailey do that......? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,024 Posted January 18, 2016 UK magician Dynamo suffers from Crohn's Disease and thinks about how dying on stage could be good for his legacy: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/dynamo-dying-on-stage-would-be-good-for-the-legacy/ I suffer from Cranes Disease. I'm a heron addict. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 18, 2016 American stage hypnotist Scott Lewis falls over balcony in Sydney before show: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-11/hypnotist-scott-lewis-falls-to-death-in-sydney/5195846Witnesses are saying on the radio that he "appeared mentally ill". I hope he didn't have someone hypnotized at the time. "At the count of three you'll wake up. 1, 2...aaarrrrggghhh" SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218 Posted January 18, 2016 American stage hypnotist Scott Lewis falls over balcony in Sydney before show: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-11/hypnotist-scott-lewis-falls-to-death-in-sydney/5195846Witnesses are saying on the radio that he "appeared mentally ill". I hope he didn't have someone hypnotized at the time. "At the count of three you'll wake up. 1, 2...aaarrrrggghhh" SC That post is TWO fucking years old!!!!!!!!!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted February 19, 2016 Tom Mullica, who I think turned up on pretty every variety show in the early 90s with his cigarette swallowing tricks, dead at 67. And no, he didn't die from lung cancer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted February 19, 2016 Damn, he was one for the Korean vets thread. But more importantly , he had lived in a town called Colon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dead Wait 1,129 Posted February 20, 2016 Paul Daniels diagnosed with incurable brain tumour! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35621313 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,024 Posted April 1, 2016 David Berglas was apparently at Paul Daniels funeral. He's 89 you know... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,639 Posted July 3, 2016 Career suicide for a misfiring magical tosser on Polish breakfast telly. It all goes to shit around 2-mins 30 secs Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/cringe/comments/4qwj7h/magic_trick_with_nail_turns_quite_wrong_in_polish/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deadsox 894 Posted July 3, 2016 Career suicide for a misfiring magical tosser on Polish breakfast telly. It all goes to shit around 2-mins 30 secs Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/cringe/comments/4qwj7h/magic_trick_with_nail_turns_quite_wrong_in_polish/ What do you mean mean career suicide? He nailed it! 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 3, 2016 Career suicide for a misfiring magical tosser on Polish breakfast telly. It all goes to shit around 2-mins 30 secs Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/cringe/comments/4qwj7h/magic_trick_with_nail_turns_quite_wrong_in_polish/What do you mean mean career suicide? He nailed it! I want to like this x10. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,435 Posted July 13, 2016 David Berglas was apparently at Paul Daniels funeral. He's 89 you know... Was just watching him interviewed, thought he must have died years ago. He had a famous trick of stopping his pulse. It hasn't stopped for real yet. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,386 Posted February 25, 2017 Daryl Easton, an American magician who performed at George W. Bush's inauguration in 2001, has died aged 61 after reportedly committing suicide at the private Magic Castle club. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,639 Posted February 25, 2017 In other news - The Amazing Jonathan survived his death sentence and has recovered enough to have some dates this year http://www.amazingj.com/live.htm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,515 Posted February 27, 2017 On 25/02/2017 at 11:20, Thatcher said: Daryl Easton, an American magician who performed at George W. Bush's inauguration in 2001, has died aged 61 after reportedly committing suicide at the private Magic Castle club. Reading between the lines here, I think he was relaxing in the Carradine fashion before death. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
