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'''Stuart Cramer''', 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. | 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 | 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. | He met the reclusive Cleveland magician [[Karl Germain]] in 1932, and worked in weekly visits with him.<ref> Obit [[Magicol]] No. 148 (August 2003)</ref> | ||
== Books == | == Books == | ||
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Revision as of 09:22, 10 July 2011
| Stuart Cramer | |
| Born | Stuart Price Cramer 1912 |
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| Died | April 16, 2003 |
Stuart Cramer, 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.[1]
Books
- The Secrets of Karl Germain (1962)
- Germain the Wizard and his Legerdemain (1966)