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| birth_name                = Mahgoub Mohammed Hanafi
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| birth_name                = Elmer H. Brunner
| birth_day                = October 23,
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| birth_year                =  1902   
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| birth_year                = 1890  
| birth_place              = Port Said, Egypt
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| birth_place              = Cleveland, Ohio
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| death_day                = March 9,  
| death_year                = 1984
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}}[[Luxor Gali-Gali]] (1902-1984) was noted for his [[cups and balls]] finale producing several live baby chicks. The translation of his stage name is "Quickly Quickly" in Turkish  and this title has been used by members of his family, for eight generations.  
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'''Kalma''', "Elmer H. Brunner" (c.1890-1955) was among the first to present the floating ball in a theater and billed himself as the Colonial Wizard.
  
He became an American citizen in 1944.  
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Kalma invented a clip used in photo finishing and operated the Brunner Photo Appliance Company in Cleveland, Ohio. He went to St. Petersburg in 1939 where he became a builder of homes and apartment owner.  
  
Gali-Gali performed many times on the [[Ed Sullivan Show | Ed Sullivan's  Toast of the Town]] TV show in the late 1940s.
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[[Kalma|Read more about  Kalma...]]
 
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When the United States entered World War II, he toured the army camps and sponsored by Lucky Strike Cigarettes in a pre-[[U.S.O.]] camp tour.
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He carried a card from the Royal S.P.C.A. of England, certifying that no cruelty, only dexterity is used in handling the baby chicks. And while appearing in New York City, the local S.P.C.A. would send an officer each week to pick up the chicks, and retire them to a farm.
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By 1963, Luxor Gali-Gali was getting so much business in Las Vegas, Nevada, that he moved his family there.
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[[Luxor Gali-Gali|Read more about  Luxor Gali-Gali...]]
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Cover of Spinx (Jan. 1914)
BornElmer H. Brunner
circa 1890
Cleveland, Ohio
DiedMarch 9, 1955 (age 64)
St. Petersburg, Florida
Resting placeCleveland

Kalma, "Elmer H. Brunner" (c.1890-1955) was among the first to present the floating ball in a theater and billed himself as the Colonial Wizard.

Kalma invented a clip used in photo finishing and operated the Brunner Photo Appliance Company in Cleveland, Ohio. He went to St. Petersburg in 1939 where he became a builder of homes and apartment owner.

Read more about Kalma...