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Revision as of 05:46, 8 May 2010
Oscar Weigle, Jr. | |
Born | December 5, 1918 |
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Died | July 12, 2005 (age 86) Whitestone, New York |
Weigle was a member of Vernon Lux's International Society of Junior Magicians and contributed to its monthly publication, The Dragon.
He was a lifelong friends with Robert Parrish and John Goodrum.
He served in the army during World War II. From the 1950s until the 1980s, was an editor and writer of children's books for Grosset & Dunlap. He was also a freelance editor for Simon and Schuster and occasionally edited magic books, including Ricky Jay's Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women.
He contributed tricks to magazines including:
- Page 11: A Complete Mental Routine (Mentalism) Genii 1938 September,
- Page 390: Wishes Come True - Weigle's Version (Cards) Genii 1939 August
- Page 196: Extra-Sensory Divination (Mentalism) by Genii 1938 February
- Page 390: Automatic Location (Cards) Genii 1938 July
- Genii 1939 November
Books
- Do That Again (with Robert Parrish) (1939)
References
- Obit - Magicol No. 157 (November 2005)