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  2. Rick Lax - Wikipedia

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    In 2015, Lax competed on The CW's Penn & Teller: Fool Us. He performed an original card trick called Binary Code, and was the only contestant to fool Penn & Teller during the episode. [7] Lax continues to work as a show producer and behind-the-scenes magic consultant. [3] [8] In 2015, Lax started releasing videos on Facebook.

  3. Justin Flom - Wikipedia

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    Magic Block Party gained attention, including that of Ellen DeGeneres, who invited Flom to appear on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. [9] [10] He then became a regular guest on her show. [11] Flom was once named Best Up and Coming Entertainer by Las Vegas Weekly. [12] Creators of Wizard Wars Rick Lax and Justin Flom with fellow Wizard Angela Funovitz ...

  4. Wizard Wars - Wikipedia

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    Wizard Wars was created in 2012 by Vegas-based magic consultant Rick Lax [4] and street magician Justin Flom. Flom filmed the original Wizard Wars pilot [5] in Lax's apartment, on a $15 budget. [6] The competing magicians created routines with placemats, beach balls, colored erasers and fake oranges.

  5. Richard Matt - Wikipedia

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    Richard William “Rick” Matt (June 25, 1966 – June 26, 2015) [1] was an American murderer known for his prison escape, the 2015 Clinton Correctional Facility escape.. A native of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area where he grew up in foster homes, Matt was a career criminal who had already served several prison terms for various crimes before he and an accomplice robbed ...

  6. Eddie Lee Sexton - Wikipedia

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    His father was a part-time Baptist preacher. In 1963, he committed armed robbery of a gas station the day after marrying his pregnant 15-year-old girlfriend. He was sentenced to five years in state prison for the robbery, and his wife filed for divorce after giving birth to their son Patrick.

  7. The Magician's Wife - Wikipedia

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    The Magician's Wife, published in 1997, was the last novel [1] by the Northern Irish-Canadian writer Brian Moore.Set in 1856, [2] it tells the story of a famous French magician (based on the real-life Jean-Eugene Robert-Houdin) [3] who is despatched by Emperor Napoleon III to help France subdue the Arab population in war-torn Algeria.

  8. Prisoners of Profit - The Huffington Post

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    In Florida, his companies have exploited lax state oversight while leaning on powerful allies inside the government to keep the contracts flowing. Slattery, his wife, Diane, and other executives have been prodigious political rainmakers in Florida, donating more than $400,000 to state candidates and committees over the last 15 years, according ...

  9. Ricky Jay - Wikipedia

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    Jay was born in the New York City borough of Brooklyn to Shirley (Katz) and Samuel Potash. [1] A member of a middle-class Jewish family, he grew up in Elizabeth, New Jersey. [4] [5] He rarely spoke publicly about his parents, but did share an anecdote: "My father oiled his hair with Brylcreem and brushed his teeth with Colgate", Jay recalled.