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She married [[Maurice Raymond]] in 1927 after her first husband, a musician died. She was his assistant, as wells as an act on her own as a magician and harpist. Photographs of Litzka posing with her card-trick-assisting rooster "China Boy" appears in the Wilfrid Jonson books, Magic Tricks (1949) and Card Tricks (1950). | She married [[Maurice Raymond]] in 1927 after her first husband, a musician, died. She was his assistant, as wells as an act on her own as a magician and harpist. Photographs of Litzka posing with her card-trick-assisting rooster "China Boy" appears in the Wilfrid Jonson books, Magic Tricks (1949) and Card Tricks (1950). | ||
After Raymond died, she married [[Walter B. Gibson]] in 1949 with whom she assisted in his writing and coauthored several books.<ref>Magicol No. 112, August 1994</ref> | After Raymond died, she married [[Walter B. Gibson]] in 1949 with whom she assisted in his writing and coauthored several books.<ref>Magicol No. 112, August 1994</ref> | ||
Revision as of 19:58, 26 November 2013
| Litzka Raymond Gibson | |
| Born | Pearl "Perlitzka" Beatrice Gonser 1901 |
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| Died | May 11, 1996 |
Litzka Raymond Gibson (1901-1996) performed as "The Great Litzka".
Biography
She married Maurice Raymond in 1927 after her first husband, a musician, died. She was his assistant, as wells as an act on her own as a magician and harpist. Photographs of Litzka posing with her card-trick-assisting rooster "China Boy" appears in the Wilfrid Jonson books, Magic Tricks (1949) and Card Tricks (1950).
After Raymond died, she married Walter B. Gibson in 1949 with whom she assisted in his writing and coauthored several books.[1]
She was awarded a "Special Fellowship" from the Academy of Magical Arts in 1995 as was elected into the Society of American Magicians Hall of Fame
References
- ↑ Magicol No. 112, August 1994