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Steve Dacri
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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