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Magic and new technology have always walked hand in hand - even back in the days of Robert Houdin.
David Copperfield
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David Copperfield
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: September 16
Entertainer
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Illusionist
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Metuchen
New Jersey
David Seth Kotkin
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