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Magician and Skeptic ‘Amazing’ James Randi Dead at 92

DEBUNKER OF DECEIT

The magician best known for challenging spoon-benders, mind-readers, and faith-healers died of “age-related issues” this week.

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James Randi, a magician who has been called the nation’s foremost skeptic of magic, has died at the age of 92 of “age-related causes,” according to his foundation and the Associated Press. Described as an entertainer, genius, debunker, and atheist, the Amazing Randi, as he was called, once escaped from a locked coffin submerged in water and from a straitjacket dangled over Niagara Falls. He later challenged all manner of magic, including spoon-bending, mind-reading, and faith-healing.“Everything you have seen here is tricks,” he often said at his shows. “There is nothing supernatural involved.”

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