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Stuart Price Cramer
Stuart Price Cramer (1912 - April 16, 2003), even though graduated with a law degree from Western Reserve University in 1936, was a professional magician nearly all of his life.
Cramer returned to Cleveland where he grew up after serving in the Navy in World War II and used it as a base throughout his long performing career.


Born in 1911
He performed on a Cleveland television station in 1947, with a twice-weekly ten-minute live-audience kid show. He continued in TV  into the 1960s. He once did a daily weather report, presenting trick every day, as "Mr. Meriweather" for three years.


Wrote two books on [[Karl Germain]]
He met the reclusive Cleveland magician [[Karl Germain]] in 1932, and worked in weekly visits with him.


== Books ==
* The Secrets of Karl Germain (1962)
* Germain the Wizard and his Legerdemain (1966)


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== References ==
* Obit [[Magicol]] No. 148 (August 2003)
 
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Revision as of 20:01, 2 May 2010

Stuart Price Cramer (1912 - April 16, 2003), even though graduated with a law degree from Western Reserve University in 1936, was a professional magician nearly all of his life.

Cramer returned to Cleveland where he grew up after serving in the Navy in World War II and used it as a base throughout his long performing career.

He performed on a Cleveland television station in 1947, with a twice-weekly ten-minute live-audience kid show. He continued in TV into the 1960s. He once did a daily weather report, presenting trick every day, as "Mr. Meriweather" for three years.

He met the reclusive Cleveland magician Karl Germain in 1932, and worked in weekly visits with him.

Books

  • The Secrets of Karl Germain (1962)
  • Germain the Wizard and his Legerdemain (1966)

References