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Gianni Pasqua

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Gianni Pasqua
BornJuly 27, 1946
DiedJuly 23, 2011 (age 64)
Turin, Italy
Resting placeCimitero Parco, Torino. Group 2 Cellette, Compartment 86, Raw 4, Cell 30
NationalityItalian

Gianni Pasqua (1946-2011) was a magician, magic antiquarian and historian, who performed under the stage name of Roxy, was considered the expert on Italian magic.[1]

Biography

After a career as a card expert and technician, and lecturing around Europe in the 1970s and 1980s, Pasqua established a business of rare magic books and prints in 2002 called Libreria Antiquaria Mirabilia.[2]

He was one of the founders, with Victor Balli, of the Circolo Amici della Magia di Torino (Friends of the Magic Circle of Turin), the first magic club in Turin.

References

  1. Magicol No. 180
  2. http://www.findacadabra.com/index.php?fn=pois&f=show_details&id_poi=528