Help us get to over 8,749 articles in 2024.

If you know of a magician not listed in MagicPedia, start a New Biography for them. Contact us at magicpediahelp@gmail.com

Bill Sachs

From Magicpedia, the free online encyclopedia for magicians by magicians.
Jump to: navigation, search
Bill Sachs
BornWilliam J. Sachs
November 23, 1903
DiedAugust 15, 1993 (age 89)
Resting placeVine Street Hill Cemetery , Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Bill Sachs (1903-1993), who lived in Cincinnati all of his life, was an editor of Billboard magazine from 1910's-1940's. He authored a magic column, originally called "Magic and Magicians."

Biography

He also wrote under the pseudonym Bill Baker.[1]

He was a good friend of Jack Gwynne.[2]

Sachs was in his eighties living at West Park Retirement Community in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1986.[3][4]

References

  1. BILL SACHS IDEAL ALL-TIME MAGIC BILL by ROBERT LUND,MUM, OCTOBER, 1954
  2. http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=429000&forum=134
  3. Linking Ring, December, 1986
  4. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=29095682