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What I've tried to do in my stage magic is to take a trick and give it an emotional hook.
David Copperfield
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David Copperfield
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: September 16
Entertainer
Film Actor
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Illusionist
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Metuchen
New Jersey
David Seth Kotkin
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