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| birth_name = Clayton Lowell Jacobsen | | birth_name = Clayton Lowell Jacobsen | ||
| birth_day = May 24, | | birth_day = May 24, | ||
| birth_year = 1913 | | birth_year = 1913 | ||
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois | | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois | ||
| death_day = | | death_day = June 1, | ||
| death_year = | | death_year = 1974 | ||
| death_place = | | death_place = Traverse City, Michigan | ||
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'''Rudy Roxo''' was a semi-professional magician who did a comedy act with small effects and illusions. | '''Rudy Roxo''' (1913-1974) was a semi-professional magician who did a comedy act with small effects and illusions. | ||
== Biography == | |||
Roxo began working as a professional conjurer in 1930.<ref>Cover, [[Genii 1950 February]]</ref> | Roxo began working as a professional conjurer in 1930.<ref>Cover, [[Genii 1950 February]]</ref> | ||
He worked briefly with [[Floyd Thayer]] then bought the company from [[William W. Larsen, Sr.]] in 1950. He ran the Thayer plant from Traverse City Michigan. <ref> [[Genii 1950 February]], page 172.</ref> | He worked briefly with [[Floyd Thayer]] then bought the company from [[William W. Larsen, Sr.]] in 1950. He ran the Thayer plant from Traverse City Michigan. <ref> [[Genii 1950 February]], page 172.</ref> | ||
He was a staff writer to [[The Seven Circles]] and [[The Diebox]]. <ref>Tricks That Mystify by Will Goldston (1934)</ref> | He was a staff writer to [[The Seven Circles]] and [[The Diebox]].<ref>Tricks That Mystify by Will Goldston (1934)</ref> | ||
His Vampire illusion he called "Creation" was in [[Genii 1940 February]]. | His Vampire illusion, which he called "Creation", was in [[Genii 1940 February]]. | ||
== Awards == | == Awards == | ||
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* Modern Masters Magic (with Edwin L. Burchell) (1940) | * Modern Masters Magic (with Edwin L. Burchell) (1940) | ||
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[[Category:Magic Dealers]] | [[Category:Magic Dealers]] | ||
Latest revision as of 19:09, 28 March 2015
| Rudy Roxo | |
 Cover of Genii (1950) | |
| Born | Clayton Lowell Jacobsen May 24, 1913 Chicago, Illinois |
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| Died | June 1, 1974 (age 61) Traverse City, Michigan |
Rudy Roxo (1913-1974) was a semi-professional magician who did a comedy act with small effects and illusions.
Biography
Roxo began working as a professional conjurer in 1930.[1]
He worked briefly with Floyd Thayer then bought the company from William W. Larsen, Sr. in 1950. He ran the Thayer plant from Traverse City Michigan. [2]
He was a staff writer to The Seven Circles and The Diebox.[3]
His Vampire illusion, which he called "Creation", was in Genii 1940 February.
Awards
- Conjurors' Magazine Award (1945)
Books
- Modern Masters Magic (with Edwin L. Burchell) (1940)
References
- ↑ Cover, Genii 1950 February
- ↑ Genii 1950 February, page 172.
- ↑ Tricks That Mystify by Will Goldston (1934)