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Mars

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Mars
BornAlston Cockrell, Jr.
February 17, 1917
Jacksonville, Florida

Flourished1950s-1970s

Mars the Magician (b. 1917) was a Florida based magician Alston Cockrell.

biography

Mars started out as a semi-professional and later created a full evening show.

He served as president of IBM Ring No. 130 in Jacksonville in the 1950s.

He retired from performing in 1978. A photo can be seen in the Conjuring Arts exhibit "The Many Faces of Magic"[1]

References

  1. http://conjuringarts.org/exhibitions/the-many-faces-of-magic/alston-cockrell-mars/
  • CONVERSATIONS with John Calvert, Linking Ring, June 2012