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Everything that you'd see on The Ed Sullivan Show was at the Tannen's Magic. You'd think that if you could afford a trick like Doc Nixon's Dove Vanish, then you could be on The Ed Sullivan Show as an 8-year-old kid.
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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