The Prestige
2006
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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]
Ricky Jay was born on 26 June 1946 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Magnolia (1999), Boogie Nights (1997) and Heist (2001). He was married to Chrisann Verges. He died on 24 November 2018 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Nov 25, 2018 · Ricky Jay, the master-showman magician, actor, scholar, special effects consultant and author who was called “the most gifted sleight-of-hand artist alive” by writers for the most...
Nov 25, 2018 · American magician and actor Ricky Jay has died of natural causes in Los Angeles, his manager has confirmed. A 1993 profile of Jay in the New Yorker described him as "perhaps the most gifted...
Nov 30, 2018 · Critic Chris Klimek offers a remembrance of the late illusionist, author and actor Ricky Jay, for whom he worked as a personal assistant over a decade ago.
Oct 19, 2021 · LOS ANGELES—Long ago, in the groovy haze of time, the master conjurer Ricky Jay attended a party at the Las Vegas estate of the extravagant entertainers Siegfried and Roy. Wandering among the...
Nov 26, 2018 · Actor and magician Ricky Jay died from natural causes in his Los Angeles home, longtime manager Winston Simone said Sunday. Jay was 72. Jay, who died Saturday, appeared in the movie “Boogie...
Nov 25, 2018 · Jay was a raconteur of the highest order, and a perennial talk show favorite. Oh yeah, he was so deft in his handling of an ordinary deck of cards that he could take one, fling it through the air and sink it into the rind of a watermelon at a distance of ten paces.
Nov 25, 2018 · Ricky Jay, a master magician who also acted in films and TV shows such as “Boogie Nights,” “House of Games” and “Deadwood,” died Saturday in Los Angeles. He was 72.
Nov 25, 2018 · Ricky Jay, the greatest sleight-of-hand magician of his age, died Saturday at home in Los Angeles at the age of 72, the New York Times reports.
