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Bob Driebeek

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Bob (Aenigma) Driebeek
BornRobert Alfred Maria Driebeek
February 8, 1922
Rotterdam, Netherlands
DiedAugust 7, 2002 (age 80)
Emmeloord, Netherlands
NationalityDutch

Bob Driebeek (1922-2002) was a semi-professional magician and employee of a major freight shipping and forwarding company in Rotterdam.

Biography

He was a friend to many European magicians, including Fred Kaps and was a contributor to Abracadabra and The Gen.

Driebeek was a 1953 winner of the Dutch Grand Prix and noted for "Tosheroon", the "Driebeek Die" and the "Necktie Servante".

He lived some years in Wuppertal, Germany and was honorary member of Magischen Zirkels Wuppertal.

Books

  • Aenigmas Rätsel (1996)

References

  • Wittus Witts magischewelt, Vol. 51, No. 5, October 2002, Bob Driebeek verstorben, page 626
  • The Linking Ring, Vol. 82, No. 10, October 2002, Broken Wand, ROBERT A.M. DRIEBEEK, page 128
  • The Magic Circular, Vol. 96, No. 1035, October 2002, BOB DRIEBECK MIMC (GOLD STAR) 1922-2002, page 321
  • The Linking Ring, Vol. 82, No. 11. November 2002, Bob (Robert Alfred Marie) Driebeek, a.k.a. "Aenigma", died at 80, by Flip Hallema, page 61
  • http://www.mz-wtal.de/historisch.htm, Historischer Rückblick zu unserem 40. Geburtstag im Jahr 1998
  • http://www.geniimagazine.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=13409
  • Tosheroon by Bob Driebeek in The Gen, Vol. 23, no. 11, March 1968, page 250.