Wilson was no stranger to the Magic Castle's Houdini Room. He also created the "Aquarian Illusion," a cross between Houdini's Water Torture Cell and Metamorphosis. You can watch him perform it on the 1981 HBO special Mumbo Jumbo. It's Magic! on YouTube.
It was always a thrill to see Mark, his wife Nani, and son Greg at Magic Castle functions. I never got over the fact that I was in the same room with a legend.
R.I.P. Mark Wilson. One of the greats!
Photo from 'The Original Houdini Scrapbook' by Walter B. Gibson.
End of an era. He'll be missed.
ReplyDeleteI saw Mark at the MCW in Chicago back in 2012, and he looked frail. He looked strange to me with long white hair, not the young, and robust young man I remembered watching on television as a kid. He was wonderful to talk to. Very kind and friendly.
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