Edited by Sam Thielman
When I was a kid, magicians were celebrities; the most famous by far was David Copperfield. His most renowned trick came in the fall of 1982 when, in front of a small live audience, he made the Statue of Liberty disappear. It was broadcast as a prime-time special the following April on CBS. An estimated 50 million people — one in …
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