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Harry Collins was the first magician I ever saw back in 1965 when I was five years old. He was doing a magic show and I was the volunteer from the audience.

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Lance Burton
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: March 10
Illusionist
Magician
Columbia
Kentucky
William Lance Burton
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Magic
Years
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Collins
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