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William Ellsworth Robinson (April 2, 1861 – March 24, 1918) was an American magician who went by the stage name Chung Ling Soo (Chinese: 程連蘇; pinyin: Chéng Liánsū). He is mostly remembered today for his extensive use of yellowface in his act to falsely represent himself to be a Chinese man who spoke little English, as well as for his ...
William Ellsworth Robinson as Chung Ling Soo. The bullet catch is arguably one of the most dangerous and daring illusions that a magician can attempt, even when performed in a controlled situation. Legends surround the trick, claiming that at least 12 magicians have been killed while performing it. [15]
1918: Chung Ling Soo, magician (real name: William Ellsworth Robinson), died as a result of a bullet catch illusion going wrong on stage. [8] 1920: Aviator and movie actor Ormer Locklear crashed in an airplane he was piloting while filming a nighttime movie scene. 1922: Eugenie Blair, actress, was performing in the original production of Anna ...
Chung Ling Soo (William Ellsworth Robinson, 1861–1918), American (non-Asian) magician who performed as a character similar to Ching Ling Foo and later died from a failed bullet catch trick P. C. Sorcar (1913–1971), Indian television illusionist with a flamboyant style, father of P. C. Sorcar Jr.
Twenty-one years earlier at that venue, a magician named Chung Ling Soo had been killed while performing the bullet catch illusion. Goldin performed the same trick successfully but died in his sleep later. [4] [6]
A version of the act was designed by Herrmann the Great with the help of his assistant, Billy Robinson. (Years later, Billy, as Chung Ling Soo, would be killed with the same style gun.) Old fashioned muzzle-loaders were used for the act. The so-called bullet was actually a lead ball rammed into the gun together with a small charge of gunpowder.
American magician William E. Robinson, under the stage name Chung Ling Soo, was critically injured during a performance at the Wood Green in London when a trick to "catch" two separate bullets failed and one of them perforated his lung. He died the following morning in the hospital.
Robinson lived as Chung, never breaking character while in public. He died in March 1918 when a bullet catch trick went wrong. "My God, I've been shot" were both his last words and the first English he had spoken on stage in 19 years. Can anyone validate this so the page can be altered with this interesting info? Nthitz 03:16, 9 April 2007 (UTC)