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Henry Gordon
| Henry Gordon | |
| Born | March 19, 1919 Montreal Canada |
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| Died | January 24, 2009 (age 89) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
Henry Gordon (1919-2009) was a Canadian author, journalist, magician and skeptic.[1][2]
Biography
Gordon, an electronics engineer by trade, learned magic from a coin-magic book in 1940. He began performing professionally as a mentalist in the 1950s.
He was the founder of the Ontario Skeptics and a member of Skeptics Canada. He was also a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI). He was well known for his exposures of psychics such as Uri Geller and Shirley Maclaine.[3]
For two years Gordon wrote the debunking column "Extrasensory Deception" for the Toronto Sun. [4] Gordon also wrote the column "It's Magic", along with many feature articles on magicians, for the "Toronto Star" newspaper. Many of his columns were published in his book Extrasensory Deception: ESP, Psychics, Shirley MacLaine, Ghosts, UFOs (Macmillan of Canada, 1988).
Publications
- Extrasensory Deception: ESP, Psychics, Shirley MacLaine, Ghosts, UFOs. (1987). Macmillan of Canada. ISBN 0-7715-9539-5
- Channeling Into The New Age: The 'Teachings' of Shirley MacLaine and Other Such Gurus. (1988). Prometheus Books. ISBN 0-87975-503-2
- It's Magic (1988)
- Henry Gordon's World of Magic (1989)
References
- ↑ Jason Miller. (2009). "Henry Gordon, 89: Magician, debunker". Toronto Star.
- ↑ Who's Who in Magic: An International Biographical Guide From Past to Present By Whaley, Bart (1990)
- ↑ Eric McMillan. (2009). "Henry Gordon has died". Association for Science and Reason.
- ↑ Justin Trottier (2009). "Remembering Henry Gordon, Magician, Skeptic, Debunker". Skeptical Inquirer.
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