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| − | '''Foster Lardner''' was an actor, amateur magician for twenty years the head of the Keith organization in and around Providence, Rhode Island. | + | '''Foster Lardner''' (1873-1934) was an actor, amateur magician for twenty years the head of the Keith organization in and around Providence, Rhode Island.<ref>http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rigenweb/cemetery/cemetery213.html</ref> |
| − | A graduate University of Wisconsin, he was taught magic by [[Al Baker]]. | + | == Biography == |
| − | Lardner was a non-resident member of the SAM Parent Assembly in New York City. <ref>Who's Who in Magic, Sphinx, June, 1931</ref><ref>TESTIMONIAL TO FOSTER | + | A graduate University of Wisconsin, he was taught magic by [[Al Baker]]. Lardner was a non-resident member of the [[SAM]] Parent Assembly in New York City. <ref>Who's Who in Magic, Sphinx, June, 1931</ref><ref>TESTIMONIAL TO FOSTER |
GARDNER, Sphinx, July, 1930</ref> He was Manager of the Albee Theatre at Providence. and a member of the [[National Conjurers' Association]] Ring No. 2 in Rhode Island. | GARDNER, Sphinx, July, 1930</ref> He was Manager of the Albee Theatre at Providence. and a member of the [[National Conjurers' Association]] Ring No. 2 in Rhode Island. | ||
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A few months later, Lardner was stricken with a heart attack and died on the stage while performing magic before the Providence Engineering Society at the age of sixty-two.<ref>Obit, Sphinx, June 1934</ref> | A few months later, Lardner was stricken with a heart attack and died on the stage while performing magic before the Providence Engineering Society at the age of sixty-two.<ref>Obit, Sphinx, June 1934</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:21, 9 January 2014
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| Born | William Foster Lardner 1873 |
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| Died | May 17, 1934 Providence, Rhode Island |
Foster Lardner (1873-1934) was an actor, amateur magician for twenty years the head of the Keith organization in and around Providence, Rhode Island.[1]
Biography
A graduate University of Wisconsin, he was taught magic by Al Baker. Lardner was a non-resident member of the SAM Parent Assembly in New York City. [2][3] He was Manager of the Albee Theatre at Providence. and a member of the National Conjurers' Association Ring No. 2 in Rhode Island.
During the late World War he gave frequent magical entertainments for the soldiers in hospitals and later gave shows in the children's hospital of Providence. [4]
Lardner was the stage manager for the SAM, Carnival of Magic (1931) which featured Cardini, Jarrow and Hardeen.
His magic performance entitled "Behind the Scenes with the Master Magicians" for the children at the Crawford Allen Hospital at Potowomut, near Providence was reported in the Providence "Journal" (1934).[5]
A few months later, Lardner was stricken with a heart attack and died on the stage while performing magic before the Providence Engineering Society at the age of sixty-two.[6]
References
- ↑ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rigenweb/cemetery/cemetery213.html
- ↑ Who's Who in Magic, Sphinx, June, 1931
- ↑ TESTIMONIAL TO FOSTER GARDNER, Sphinx, July, 1930
- ↑ Cover, Sphinx, October 1928
- ↑ Sphinx, April, 1934
- ↑ Obit, Sphinx, June 1934
