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Feb 14, 2010 · Ricky Jay puts one over on Morley Safer.
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Ricky Jay. Richard Jay Potash (June 26, 1946 – November 24, 2018) [1] was an American stage magician, actor and writer. In a 1993 profile for The New Yorker, Mark Singer called Jay "perhaps the most gifted sleight of hand artist alive". [2] In addition to sleight of hand, he was known for his card tricks, card throwing, memory feats, and ...
Feb 15, 2010 · Ricky Jay is featured on a recent 60 Minutes piece, titled “Scams: Pigeon Fever”, to discuss the nature of scams and human gullibility. Mr. Jay explains why experts in certain fields are more likely to be hoodwinked, demonstrates the blind faith people put in authority, and cautions against anything that seems too good to be […]
Jay, who died Sunday, was an avid scholar of con games and could make cards disappear and reappear in ways that seemed impossible. He spoke to Fresh Air in 1987, 1998 and 2002.
Jan 9, 2015 · Ricky Jay is the author of the Encylopedia Britannica entry on conjuring, in which he cites Harry Kellar as the most famous American magician of the early 20th century.According to Kellar, a ...
Oct 19, 2021 · When Jay died, at 72, in 2018, he left a body of work rooted in sleight of hand, scholarly cant and wonder, shared over a half-century on stage (including “Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants ...
Nov 25, 2018 · Ricky Jay: 1946-2018. The problem with writing an obituary about Ricky Jay, who passed away yesterday at the age of 72, is that he’s perhaps the only person truly qualified to sum up his life. Even someone trying to make up the wildest and most improbable resume imaginable would be hard-pressed to top Jay’s achievements: He was a sleight-of ...
