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* Variety Artists Club of New Zealand lifetime achievement [[Benny Award]] 1972.
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Latest revision as of 05:34, 22 May 2021

Jon Zealando
BornTrevor John Hodson
October 9, 1939
Auckland, New Zealand

NationalityNew Zealand

Jon Zealando (b. 1939) is the stage name of magician Trevor John Hodson.[1]

Biography

Inspired after seeing John Calvert in 1950 he became a professional escape artist, ventrilloquist, fire-eater in 1957.

He created the Ironing Board Levitation in 1973.[2]

Zealando designed and sculptured the The Benny Award, which was named after its first recipient, Edgar Benyon (1902-1978) in 1969.[3]

His life story was written by New Zealand magic historian Bernard Reid in 2019, entitled Jon Zealando: A Magical Legend.

Awards and honors

References

  1. Linking Ring, December, 1992, page 68
  2. http://www.jonzealando.co.nz/accolades.html
  3. http://bam.net.nz/grand-masters-of-magic/
  4. http://bam.net.nz/


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