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Tommy Wonder

Postby taneous » Jun 27th, '06, 09:56



I'm sure you've heard by now, but Tommy Wonder passed away this morning. :(

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Postby Mandrake » Jun 27th, '06, 10:03

I hadn't heard so thanks for letting us know. Sad news indeed.

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Postby Stephen Ward » Jun 27th, '06, 10:06

This is awful, i loved his magic and his 'Wonder' DVDs and books. He was a great man and will be sadly missed by magicians over the World. Very, very, very sad.

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Re: Tommy Wonder

Postby Tomo » Jun 27th, '06, 10:37

taneous wrote:I'm sure you've heard by now, but Tommy Wonder passed away this morning. :(


Oh s***. That's rotten news.

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Postby bananafish » Jun 27th, '06, 13:43

oh no!

I saw his lecture a few years back, and that was absolutely amazing.

He will be graetly missed.

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Postby saxmad » Jun 27th, '06, 14:02

No, no, no.......

This is terrible news.


Rest in Peace Tommy, you were one of the Greatest.

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Postby Pitto » Jun 27th, '06, 22:19

RIP Mr Wonder...

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Postby magic8697 » Jun 28th, '06, 02:16

I have all 3 of Tommy's videos. I never met him but he seemed like a really cool guy. Rest in Peace.

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Postby Stephen Ward » Jun 29th, '06, 17:05

This is how i will always remember Tommy. Watch and learn all!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFqLvPaQOsQ

Lovely flowing magic that entertains and amazes :P

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Postby Mandrake » Jun 29th, '06, 17:17

Sheer poetry.

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Postby dat8962 » Jun 29th, '06, 17:50

What a performance!

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Postby Dominick » Jun 29th, '06, 17:59

Quite good! Terrible news, though. Watching that video, I noticed that the bird...doesn't like real? Anyone else notice that?

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Postby Stephen Ward » Jun 29th, '06, 18:18

Do you not know what that trick is? i am shocked Doug Maloney is very famous. Tommy had adpated it, and some parts of his routine are different but the end with the egg in the orange etc is.

http://www.malloymodernmagic.com/orange_lemon_egg.htm

This link just sells and does not expose it. One day i will get this and kick butt :shock:

Actually i think Tommy did this before Doug's version. Does anyone remember?

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