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| − | '''Fetaque Sanders''' (pronounced "Fee-take") toured with the [[USO]] during World War II, performing for African American troops in the then-segregated US Armed Forces. After the war, Sanders continued to perform his magic act until 1962. | + | '''Fetaque Sanders''' (pronounced "Fee-take") toured with the [[USO]] during World War II, performing for African American troops in the then-segregated US Armed Forces. After the war, Sanders continued to perform his magic act until 1962.<ref>[http://beineckejwj.library.yale.edu/2007/05/30/african-american-magician-fetaque-sanders/Collection of Promotional Broadsides for Fetaque Sanders]<ref> |
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Sanders began his professional career in 1933 setting out to Chicago for a part in a stage show that would be performed at the World's Fair. | Sanders began his professional career in 1933 setting out to Chicago for a part in a stage show that would be performed at the World's Fair. | ||
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In March 1983, Sanders was struck by a car while out looking for magic material in second-hand stores. He never fully recovered and spent the last decade of his lite as an invalid. He eventually died of complications from pneumonia.<ref>Conjure Times : Black Magicians in America by Jim Haskins, Kathleen Benson (2001)</ref> | In March 1983, Sanders was struck by a car while out looking for magic material in second-hand stores. He never fully recovered and spent the last decade of his lite as an invalid. He eventually died of complications from pneumonia.<ref>Conjure Times : Black Magicians in America by Jim Haskins, Kathleen Benson (2001)</ref> | ||
| − | He was elected into the [[Society of American Magicians Hall of Fame and Magic Museum]]. | + | He was elected into the [[Society of American Magicians Hall of Fame and Magic Museum]].<ref>[http://beineckejwj.library.yale.edu/2007/05/30/african-american-magician-fetaque-sanders/Collection of Promotional Broadsides for Fetaque Sanders]<ref> |
== Books == | == Books == | ||
Revision as of 19:21, 12 January 2012
| Fetaque Sanders | |
| Born | May 12, 1915 Nashville, Tennessee |
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| Died | June 2, 1992 (age 77) Nashville, Tennessee |
Fetaque Sanders (pronounced "Fee-take") toured with the USO during World War II, performing for African American troops in the then-segregated US Armed Forces. After the war, Sanders continued to perform his magic act until 1962.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
He was elected into the Society of American Magicians Hall of Fame and Magic Museum.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
