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A book collector, he managed [[The Update]], a newsletter sent out to members of a magic co-op keeping up to date on the latest in magic publishing beginning in 1982. | A book collector, he managed [[The Update]], a newsletter sent out to members of a magic co-op keeping up to date on the latest in magic publishing beginning in 1982. | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:07, 17 August 2014
Bill Whittington | |
Born | Bill Edgar Whittington June 14, 1944 Merced, California |
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Died | November 12, 2012 (age 68) |
Bill Whittington (1944-2012) started performing close-up magic professionally beginning in 1984, specializing in the Cups & Balls and rope effects.
Biography
A book collector, he managed The Update, a newsletter sent out to members of a magic co-op keeping up to date on the latest in magic publishing beginning in 1982.
Whittington would reopened "Golden Gate Magic Company" in 1985 as a mail order company, first with Bob Koch from Chicago (until 1988) and then with Paul Chosse (starting in 1989).[1]
Books
- The Update File, July 1982-September 1992 (1992)
References