James Randi, a magician and illusionist who also debunked paranormal and occult phenomena, died on Tuesday, according to his foundation He was 92
Randi, known as « The Amazing Randi, » died of « age-related causes, » according to a tweet from the James Randi Educational Foundation
Randi was a research scientist who debunked paranormal activity through his organization, the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
We are very sad to say that James Randi passed away yesterday, due to age-related causesHe had an incredible life He will be missed. Please respect Deyvi Peña’s privacy during this difficult time
Randi was recalled in a pair of tweets on Wednesday by fellow magician Penn Jillette, who called Randi « an inspiration, mentor and dear friend »
Born Randall James Zwinge in 1928, Randi began performing as a teenager in the 1940s, touring with a carnival and working at nightclubs in his native Toronto, The New York Times reported. introduced himself as « The Great Randall: Telepath » and fascinated audiences with an act of mental reading and specialized in predicting the future, the newspaper reported
Randi was a pop culture favorite, appearing regularly on « The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson » and having an appearance as himself in a 1978 episode on « Happy Days, » according to The Hollywood Reporter Randi has Also rigged Alice Cooper’s stage beheading device during the singer’s Billion Dollar Babies tour, the website reported
Goodbye to the amazing James Randi, our inspiration, mentor and dear friend We will love you forever @jref picTwittercom / bwgvWnvcoD
He also participated in breakout and endurance feats as The Amazing Randi: The Man No Jail Could Hold He broke a record with a 55-minute stint locked in ice, reported the Times
In 1956, Randi appeared live on the « Today » show, surviving for 104 minutes in a sealed metal coffin submerged in a swimming pool at the Shelton Hotel in New York City to improve a record held by his hero, Harry Houdini Two decades later, he escaped from a straitjacket while suspended upside down over Niagara Falls, according to The Hollywood Reporter
The Amazing Randi appeared live on the Today show, surviving for 104 minutes in a sealed metal coffin submerged in a swimming pool to improve on a record held by Harry Houdini Two decades later, he escaped from a straitjacket as it hung upside down over Niagara Falls
Randi gave up magic and for several decades dedicated his life to exposing fraud. He was the subject of the 2016 documentary, “An Honest Liar,” an episode of the PBS documentary series “Independent Lens,” according to The Hollywood Reporter
Randi quarreled with Uri Geller, crushing the psychic’s famous 1972 appearance in « The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson »
« I’m a liar, a cheater and a charlatan, » Randi told The Times in 2001, « but at least I know that »
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