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Born in Sweden.
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Leipzig gave  up his job with an optical firm at the age of thirty year to go to New York as a professional magician.
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His first work in [[vaudeville]] was with William and [[Felix Berol]], who made rag pictures on a large easel. For a time he was known as "Nate Berol". Later he left them to appear in vaudeville and around New York.
  
 
Possibly invented the [[Side Steal]]
 
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* Obit [[The Linking Ring]], Vol. 19, no. 09, November 1939, page 671.
 
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* [http://www.miraclefactory.net/mpt/view.php?id=129&type=articles Nate Leipzig's Autobiography]
 
* [http://www.miraclefactory.net/mpt/view.php?id=129&type=articles Nate Leipzig's Autobiography]
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* Obit, NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, October 14, 1939
  
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Revision as of 14:20, 9 November 2010

Stage name of Nathan Leipziger (May 31, 1873 - October 13, 1939)

Nate Leipzig
BornNathan Leipziger
May 31, 1873
Stockholm, Sweden
DiedOctober 13, 1939 (age 66)

Leipzig gave up his job with an optical firm at the age of thirty year to go to New York as a professional magician.

His first work in vaudeville was with William and Felix Berol, who made rag pictures on a large easel. For a time he was known as "Nate Berol". Later he left them to appear in vaudeville and around New York.

Possibly invented the Side Steal

One of the ten Card Stars in 1938.

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