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Early SAM Presidents

The first Society of American Magicians Presidents were:

  • 1902-05 W. Golden Mortimer (Toured the United States as "Mortimer's Mysteries" before becoming a physician.)
  • 1905-06 John W. Sargent (Performed as "Sargent the Merry Wizard" and was secretary to Harry Houdini)
  • 1906-08 Francis J. Werner (A society entertainer, musician, artist and magician. Also worked for U.S. Customs Service)
  • 1908-09 Oscar S. Teale (An architect, illustrator and researcher for Houdini)
  • 1909-10 William A. Ransom (Executive Secretary to wealthy railroad businessmen)
  • 1910-11 Elmer P. Ransom (Toured America with own show before becoming one of New York's top society entertainer.)
  • 1911-12 Charles Roltare (Professional vaudeville magician and first editor of M-U-M)
  • 1912-14 Henry Hatton (born Patrick Henry Cannon and stage name around 1867)
  • 1914-15 Lionel M. Homburger (The third editor for MUM and later legally changed name to Dr. Lionel Hartley)
  • 1915-17 Richard Van Dien (Lived to be 90 and had one of the most extensive magic libraries in New Jersey)

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  • 2005 - Bob Read died of a heart attack in California, a few days after he had talked at the 9th Los Angeles Conference on Magic History.

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  • November 11, 2009' John Booth, a successful nightclub magician, Unitarian minister and prolific author, died.
  • November 3, 2009 American actor, magician and comic Carl Ballantine died in his sleep.
  • August 22, 2009 Magician with a trademark specialty pickpocket act David Avadon died.
  • May 4, 2009 Comedic actor Dom DeLuise, who played a lovably inept magician on The Garry Moore Show as "Dominic the Great", died.
  • March 29, 2009 Abra published it's final issue (No. 3296) after 63 years of service.
  • March 7, 2009 Ali Bongo, President of the Magic Circle and one of Britain's most popular stage magicians in the 1960s, dies.
  • January, 2009 Masao Atsukawa, close-up magician and mystery novelist, dies at that age of 76.

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