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    Douglas James Henning (May 3, 1947 – February 7, 2000) was a Canadian magician, illusionist, escape artist and politician. Henning was born in the Fort...
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  • magician Doug Henning in 1986. At that time, designer Jim Steinmeyer was employed as a magic consultant by Henning. In the original presentation, Henning displays...
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  • lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Bob Randall. It starred magician Doug Henning. Produced by Edgar Lansbury, Joseph Beruh, and Ivan Reitman, it opened...
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  • society. Prominent candidates included John Hagelin for U.S. president and Doug Henning as representative of Rosedale, Toronto, Canada. George Harrison performed...
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  • Alexandra Theatre in Toronto, and was hosted by Brian Linehan, with magician Doug Henning assisting by using card tricks and other illusions to reveal the winners...
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    Leo Irby performed the escape for You Asked for It. In 1975, magician Doug Henning (b. 1948 — d. 2000) performed a version of the Water Torture Cell during...
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  • Merlin is a musical based on a concept by popular illusionist Doug Henning and Barbara De Angelis, written by Richard Levinson and William Link, with music...
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  • essential theme or message. For instance, the Canadian stage magician Doug Henning used many classic illusions in his magic show. However, he made the old...
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  • Falcons Doug Henning, Canadian magician and illusionist Eva Henning, Swedish actress Gerda Henning (1891–1951), Danish textile designer Harold Henning, South...
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  • practised Transcendental Meditation. [need quotation to verify] The magician Doug Henning was senior vice president of NLPC, and ran as the party's candidate for...
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  • Doug Henning's World of Magic is a series of seven annual prime-time television specials starring magician Doug Henning that aired from 1975 to 1982....
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  • and Marlon Jackson. The shows included magical elements designed by Doug Henning—for example, Michael disappearing in smoke during "Don't Stop 'Til You...
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  • Electric Company. Angela was levitated atop the World Trade Center by Doug Henning in the "highest levitation in the world". In June 1976, the photo was...
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    election: future New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jack Layton, and magician Doug Henning for the Natural Law Party of Canada. MacDonald also spent time in Africa...
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    appearance was in the 1983 musical Merlin, starring Chita Rivera and magician Doug Henning. This was followed by Wind in the Willows as Mr. Toad, Some Americans...
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  • featuring music, magic, and comedy. The special featured appearances by Doug Henning, Bill Cosby, and the Hudson Brothers, among others. The series initially...
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  • Many magicians have performed illusions and effects created by Curry. Doug Henning used Curry's "The Sliding Knot" in one of his TV specials. Curry's most...
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    the gap between spectacle performances such as David Copperfield and Doug Henning and the reactivity aspects of magicians like David Blaine. Lim's 2015...
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    Mark Wilson 1973: Shimada 1974: Mark Wilson 1975: Siegfried & Roy 1976: Doug Henning 1977: Norm Nielsen 1978: Harry Blackstone Jr. 1979: David Copperfield...
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    Douglas Show Self – Actress 1978 Rainbow Judy Garland TV movie 1982 Doug Henning: Magic on Broadway Herself TV special 1982 Broadway Plays Washington...
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    Jr., Terry Seabrooke 1993: Norm Neilson 1994: Chuck & Jan Jones 1995: Doug Henning, Jack Kodell 1996: Michael Skinner, Tommy Wonder 1997: René Lavand, Peter...
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    generations of well-known magicians, celebrities and entertainers, including Doug Henning, Dick Cavett, Bill Bixby, Ricky Jay, David Copperfield and countless...
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    DeForest Kelley (1920–1999), ashes scattered into the Pacific Ocean Doug Henning (1947–2000), cremated, and ashes scattered into the Pacific Ocean of...
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    that magazine for the next twenty-five years. In 1974, the magician Doug Henning included a construct-your-own hexaflexagon with the original cast recording...
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    number of years, Steinmeyer was the magic designer to Doug Henning, and invented illusions for Henning's television specials and two Broadway shows. He has...
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  • concealed in the curtains, a trick Reitman learned working with magician Doug Henning. Ghostbusters was screened for test audiences on February 3, 1984, with...
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  • Ed Sullivan Show which, years later, was used in Doug Henning's successful New York show Doug Henning & His World of Magic. Richiardi made many television...
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    group ascending in a pyramid and a disappearing act. Stage magician Doug Henning appeared on many of their tours with his assistant and eventual successor...
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  • Mark Wilson 1973 Shimada 1974 Mark Wilson 1975 Siegfried & Roy 1976 Doug Henning 1977 Norm Nielsen 1978 Harry Blackstone Jr. 1979 David Copperfield 1980...
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    Jr., Terry Seabrooke 1993: Norm Neilson 1994: Chuck & Jan Jones 1995: Doug Henning, Jack Kodell 1996: Michael Skinner, Tommy Wonder 1997: René Lavand, Peter...
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