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Amalfi

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Amalfi
BornWilliam F. Tunnah
circa 1930
Edinburgh, Scotland
Diedcirca 1959 (age 28)
NationalityScottish
Flourished1950s

Amalfi (c.1930-c.1959) was the stage and pen name of professional kid-show maigician, William F. Tunnah.[1]

Biography

Tunnah, born in Edinburgh, was a member of Edinburgh Magic Circle.[2]

He was stricken with a coronary thrombosis in the late 1950s and seemed for a while to be making a recovery before his death at a very young age was reported in Abracadabra in 1959.[3]

Books

  • Santa's Workshop (1957)

References

  1. Who's Who in Magic: An International Biographical Guide From Past to Present by Bart Whaley (1990)
  2. What has Scotland ever done for magic? by Jim Cuthbert(2009)
  3. Abra, SATURDAY, 7th FEBRUARY, 1959.Vol. 27 No. 680