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Uri Geller may have psychic powers by means of which he can bend spoons if so, he appears to be doing it the hard way.

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James Randi
Age: 92 †
Born: 1928
Born: August 7
Died: 2020
Died: October 20
Magician
Philosopher
Writer
City of Toronto
Randall James Hamilton Zwinge
The Amazing Randi
Hard
Spoons
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Psychics
Bend
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