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+ | '''Franz Harary''' (b. 1962) is an American magician and inventor who has appeared on television shows such as the first episode of NBC's [[The World's Greatest Magic]], where Harary vanished the Space Shuttle. | ||
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While studying music at Eastern Michigan University and aspiring to be a singer and dancer on Broadway, Harary was designing illusions as a hobby. He began performing publicly after convincing the university's marching band leader to let him appear as part of the halftime show. His commercial breakthrough happened at the age of 21, during his senior year in college, when he initiated a stage illusion for Michael Jackson's 1984 Victory tour. Harary made Jackson levitate and disappear on one side of the stage to reappear with his brothers on the other side. | While studying music at Eastern Michigan University and aspiring to be a singer and dancer on Broadway, Harary was designing illusions as a hobby. He began performing publicly after convincing the university's marching band leader to let him appear as part of the halftime show. His commercial breakthrough happened at the age of 21, during his senior year in college, when he initiated a stage illusion for Michael Jackson's 1984 Victory tour. Harary made Jackson levitate and disappear on one side of the stage to reappear with his brothers on the other side. | ||
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* http://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/09/arts/smoke-and-mirrors-rock-and-roll-a-master-illusionist-fills-arenas-with-magic.html | * http://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/09/arts/smoke-and-mirrors-rock-and-roll-a-master-illusionist-fills-arenas-with-magic.html | ||
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*[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D01E1DB133EF93AA3575AC0A96E958260 Smoke and Mirrors, Rock-and-Roll; A Master Illusionist Fills Arenas With Magic] | *[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D01E1DB133EF93AA3575AC0A96E958260 Smoke and Mirrors, Rock-and-Roll; A Master Illusionist Fills Arenas With Magic] | ||
*[http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=116366719 Franz Haray's Myspace] | *[http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=116366719 Franz Haray's Myspace] | ||
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[[Category:American magicians]] | [[Category:American magicians]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:05, 18 March 2014
Franz Harary | |
Cover of Genii (2011) | |
Born | 1962 |
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Nationality | American |
Franz Harary (b. 1962) is an American magician and inventor who has appeared on television shows such as the first episode of NBC's The World's Greatest Magic, where Harary vanished the Space Shuttle.
Biography
While studying music at Eastern Michigan University and aspiring to be a singer and dancer on Broadway, Harary was designing illusions as a hobby. He began performing publicly after convincing the university's marching band leader to let him appear as part of the halftime show. His commercial breakthrough happened at the age of 21, during his senior year in college, when he initiated a stage illusion for Michael Jackson's 1984 Victory tour. Harary made Jackson levitate and disappear on one side of the stage to reappear with his brothers on the other side.
References
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- http://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/09/arts/smoke-and-mirrors-rock-and-roll-a-master-illusionist-fills-arenas-with-magic.html
- Official website
- Franz Harary
- Smoke and Mirrors, Rock-and-Roll; A Master Illusionist Fills Arenas With Magic
- Franz Haray's Myspace
- Cover - Genii 2009 August, Vol 72, No. 8.
- Cover - Genii 2011 December
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