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| Wilmington Evening Journal, 11-March-1922 |
Master magician Harry Kellar died 100 years ago today, on 10-March-1922.
KELLAR, MAGICIAN,
DIES IN CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELES, March 11 -- Harry
Kellar, world-famous magician, died at his home here yesterday after two years' ill health and a severe illness of several weeks. He was 73 years old.
Kellar was born in Erie, Pa., July
11, 1849, and in boyhood was
apprenticed to a chemist of his
native town. Later he sold papers
in New York. An English clergyman
named Harcourt adopted him,
and took him to Canandaigua, N. Y.,
where the boy began studying for
the ministry.
His first professional engagement
was as the assistant to the "Fakir of
Ava." an Illusionist.
Kellar was master of a dozen
languages and had arithmetic and
algebra at instant command. He
invented several mysterious illusions
which defied investigation,
retired from the stage May 17, 1908,
his last performance being in Ford's
Opera House. In Baltimore. Md.
I would love to see his Self Decapitation.
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| Salt Lake Herald, 29-November-1898 |
Kellar performed the Self Decapitation along with the Hindoo Clock and "Kellar's masterpiece, The Blue Room," at the Salt Lake Theater on 29-November-1898. He was accompanied by Mrs Kellar.