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[ Gil Cates] said, You've got a point of view with your magic. There's this comedy to it, there's drama. You're telling stories with magic.

David Copperfield

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David Copperfield
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: September 16
Entertainer
Film Actor
Hypnotist
Illusionist
Stunt Performer
Writer
Metuchen
New Jersey
David Seth Kotkin
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Comedy
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Stories
Drama
Telling
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Magic

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