René Lavand, One-Armed Magician

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Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 10, 2022
Category: Disabilities | Human Marvels | Magic and Illusions and Sleight of Hand | Television | 1960s

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He looks like a cross between Lord Buckley, Salvador Dali and Howard Hughes. I wonder how he lost his arm.

Posted by Marco McClean on 04/10/22 at 04:59 PM

@Marco: according to the above-cited Wikipedia page, in a car crash at age 9. Which, I suspect, is precisely the age at which you'd decide to go into an art like this just to show 'em.

Posted by Richard Bos on 04/13/22 at 01:26 PM

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