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Joseph Dunninger (bd) was born in New York, New York, known as "The Amazing Dunninger" was one of the most famous mentalists of his time.
Joseph Dunninger (April 28, – March 9, ), known as "The Amazing Dunninger", was one of the most famous and proficient mentalists of all time..
(This is the transcript for Episode 99 of The Magic Detective Podcast)
Joseph Dunninger was born….April 28th, 1892 in New York City. His father was Nickolas and he was a catholic from Bavaria.
His mother was jewish, her name was Carolena, or Lena for short. He had two older brothers, Maximilian, who would grow up to play violin for the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. The other brother was Louie would become a painter but died a tragic and unexpected death at only 21 years of age.
At the age of five he saw a street magician doing magic and this was his initial peek into the world of magic.
He soon began to demonstrate his own feats of magic via sleight of hand.
Semi-pro magician since c doing magic, illusions and mentalism.All the bios say he was self taught, but whether he got the information from books or friends is unknown.
At the age of seven he was invited to perform for the local Masonic Club. He went by the moniker, Master Joseph Dunninger, child magician.
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