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'''Rudy Roxo''' was a semi-professional magician who did a comedy act with small effects and illusions.  
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'''Rudy Roxo''' (1913-1974) was a semi-professional magician who did a comedy act with small effects and illusions.  
  
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== Biography ==
 
Roxo began working as a professional conjurer in 1930.<ref>Cover, [[Genii 1950 February]]</ref>
 
Roxo began working as a professional conjurer in 1930.<ref>Cover, [[Genii 1950 February]]</ref>
  
He worked briefly with [[Floyd Thayer]] then bought the company from [[Bill Larsen]] in 1950. He ran the Thayer plant from Traverse City Michigan. <ref> [[Genii 1950 February]], page 172.</ref>
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He worked briefly with [[Floyd Thayer]] then bought the company from [[William W. Larsen, Sr.]] in 1950. He ran the Thayer plant from Traverse City Michigan. <ref> [[Genii 1950 February]], page 172.</ref>
  
He was a staff writer to [[The Seven Circles]] and [[The Diebox]]. <ref>Tricks That Mystify by Will Goldston (1934)</ref>
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He was a staff writer to [[The Seven Circles]] and [[The Diebox]].<ref>Tricks That Mystify by Will Goldston (1934)</ref>
  
His Vampire illusion he called "Creation" was in [[Genii 1940 February]].
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His Vampire illusion, which he called "Creation", was in [[Genii 1940 February]].
  
 
== Awards ==
 
== Awards ==
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* Modern Masters Magic (with  Edwin L. Burchell) (1940)
 
* Modern Masters Magic (with  Edwin L. Burchell) (1940)
  
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Latest revision as of 00:09, 29 March 2015

Rudy Roxo

Cover of Genii (1950)
BornClayton Lowell Jacobsen
May 24, 1913
Chicago, Illinois
DiedJune 1, 1974 (age 61)
Traverse City, Michigan

Rudy Roxo (1913-1974) was a semi-professional magician who did a comedy act with small effects and illusions.

Biography

Roxo began working as a professional conjurer in 1930.[1]

He worked briefly with Floyd Thayer then bought the company from William W. Larsen, Sr. in 1950. He ran the Thayer plant from Traverse City Michigan. [2]

He was a staff writer to The Seven Circles and The Diebox.[3]

His Vampire illusion, which he called "Creation", was in Genii 1940 February.

Awards

  • Conjurors' Magazine Award (1945)

Books

  • Modern Masters Magic (with Edwin L. Burchell) (1940)

References

  1. Cover, Genii 1950 February
  2. Genii 1950 February, page 172.
  3. Tricks That Mystify by Will Goldston (1934)