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| birth_name = Stephen Robert D'Acri | |||
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| birth_place = Worchester, Massachusetts | |||
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| death_year = 2011 | |||
| death_place = Las Vegas, Nevada | |||
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'''Steve Dacri''' (1952-2011) was a Boston native who moved to Las Vegas in 2003, after years of commuting from Los Angeles to work at Caesars Magical Empire, which offered a close-up magic venue on the Vegas Strip. | |||
== Biography == | |||
He made appearances at the [[Magic Castle]] (starting in 1975) and late-night shows with [[Merv Griffin]], [[Johnny Carson]], [[Dick Cavett]] and [[Mike Douglas]].<ref>http://www.lvrj.com/news/dacri-exited-life-his-way-optimistically-116105504.html?ref=504</ref> | |||
Dacri later worked at The Orleans, O'Shea's, the Imperial Palace and the Four Seasons at Mandalay Bay, where he offered a dinner show at $300 per ticket. His last Las Vegas run was at the Las Vegas Hilton in 2010. The February opening was postponed by the discovery of a tumor and removal of a section of his colon. | |||
Dacri maintained the digital magazine VegasInsideTips.com.<ref>http://www.lvrj.com/living/illusionist-veteran-magician-dacri-dies-116060709.html?ref=709</ref> | |||
He was editor of [[Magic Market]] from 1972 until 1974. | |||
==Books== | ==Books== | ||
* Commercial Close-Up (1978) | * Commercial Close-Up (1978) | ||
* Fooling People (1983) | * Fooling People (1983) | ||
==Videos== | |||
* ''The Magic of Steve Dacri: No Filler'' (3 Volumes) (2006, DVD, [[L&L Publishing]]) | |||
{{References}} | |||
{{Wikipedia}} | |||
* Cover, The Linking Ring, Vol. 85, No. 10, October 2005, OUR COVER, The Steve Dacri Story, by Rolando Santos, page 27 | |||
* The Linking Ring, Vol. 91, No. 3, March 2011, Broken Wand, Steve R. Dacri, page 120 | |||
* The Magic Circular, Vol. 105, No. 1037, April 2011, Obituaries, Steve Dacri 22 March 1956 - 12 February 2011, page 101 | |||
[[Category:Biographies]] | [[Category:Biographies]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:33, 30 January 2024
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| Born | Stephen Robert D'Acri March 22, 1952 Worchester, Massachusetts |
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| Died | February 11, 2011 (age 58) Las Vegas, Nevada |
Steve Dacri (1952-2011) was a Boston native who moved to Las Vegas in 2003, after years of commuting from Los Angeles to work at Caesars Magical Empire, which offered a close-up magic venue on the Vegas Strip.
Biography
He made appearances at the Magic Castle (starting in 1975) and late-night shows with Merv Griffin, Johnny Carson, Dick Cavett and Mike Douglas.[1]
Dacri later worked at The Orleans, O'Shea's, the Imperial Palace and the Four Seasons at Mandalay Bay, where he offered a dinner show at $300 per ticket. His last Las Vegas run was at the Las Vegas Hilton in 2010. The February opening was postponed by the discovery of a tumor and removal of a section of his colon.
Dacri maintained the digital magazine VegasInsideTips.com.[2]
He was editor of Magic Market from 1972 until 1974.
Books
- Commercial Close-Up (1978)
- Fooling People (1983)
Videos
- The Magic of Steve Dacri: No Filler (3 Volumes) (2006, DVD, L&L Publishing)
References
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- Cover, The Linking Ring, Vol. 85, No. 10, October 2005, OUR COVER, The Steve Dacri Story, by Rolando Santos, page 27
- The Linking Ring, Vol. 91, No. 3, March 2011, Broken Wand, Steve R. Dacri, page 120
- The Magic Circular, Vol. 105, No. 1037, April 2011, Obituaries, Steve Dacri 22 March 1956 - 12 February 2011, page 101